This poll is not really a surprise. A majority of Americans have always been pro-life. The media pretend otherwise, but despite all their efforts most people find the killing of babies to be unpleasant, at best.
One way that McCain could have won the last election was to use the debates to expose Obama as an abortion extremist of the worst kind. But he avoided the subject almost completely.
Similarly, instead of wringing their hands at Akin’s minor flub, if the Republicans and conservatives had counterattacked by exposing the obvious love of baby-killing that clearly lies behind the media attacks, they would have won the battle and a lot of votes, and turned a negative campaign into a positive one.
I don’t think it is either
I agree that the GOP needs to be more aggressive in pointing out how the Democrats are in truth much more extreme in their support of abortion on demand, imposed by the Courts, and at tax payer’s expense if necessary. The media is clearly not going to be fair, so the GOP must do a better job.
But it would have been easier to do this and support Akin if he didn’t hold the the no abortion at all position, that this poll clearly shows to be unpopular.