[justlurking]

You aren’t going to like the answer, but I will give it.

Until the Republicans drop their obsession with abortion, they will lose the vote among women.

[1010RD]

You’re correct, but it isn’t their obsession with abortion, but their obsession with zero tolerance absolutism. Whenever you have sharp disagreement on an issue in a republic you need education, argumentation and time. I’d employ the same strategy that is used against gun control.

Can’t we agree that at some point during a pregnancy the baby becomes human? Work back from the point of passage through the birth canal. Is a baby human a minute before? An hour before? A day before? A week? Then a month? How many months?

Women are sensitive about their sex organ and their uniquely feminine issues with it. Stating that rape is “of God” will lose that vote. Placing the emphasis on the baby as a living thing, places the onus on the pro-abortion side. Mourdock and Akin were fools. Had they explained their views logically and thoughtfully they’d have won.

The media is an extension of the progressive movement. But, it can be used to the benefit of conservatives. If they’re not stupid about it. The other problem are voters who take an all or nothing attitude toward politics. The history of politics is incrementalism v. revolution. Revolutions fail nearly always because all human action begins with a thought. The battles are always of ideas - physical weapons cannot defeat an idea. Look at history.

[rwilson99]

Kinda like Lincoln and Slavery, eh?

[Perdogg]

It has nothing to do with abortion. Ever since women have been given the right to vote, they have looked towards govt as a provider in one way or another.

We had 20 years of pro-life presidents (Reagan, Bush I, Bush II) and not one of them denied a woman to an abortion.

[treetopsandroofs]

“Until the Republicans drop their obsession with abortion, they will lose the vote among women.”

After hearing from so many here that they refused to vote for Romney BECAUSE he supported abortion, I don’t think that will happen.

It’s pretty much what separates us from the leftist freaks.

[Persevero]

“Until the Republicans drop their obsession with abortion, they will lose the vote among women.”

I don’t care, I’ll stay pro-life anyway, but FYI:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/118399/More-Americans-Pro-Life-Than-Pro-Choice-First-Time.aspx

“A year ago, Gallup found more women calling themselves pro-choice than pro-life, by 50% to 43%, while men were more closely divided: 49% pro-choice, 46% pro-life. Now, because of heightened pro-life sentiment among both groups, women as well as men are more likely to be pro-life.”

[Yashcheritsiy]

Until the Republicans drop their obsession with abortion, they will lose the vote among women.

Why? Women oppose abortion more than men do (the dirty little secret is that abortion is not a "women's" issue, despite how the Dimocrats try to cast it).

All the same, standing by idiots like Todd Akin doesn't do us any good, regardless of the issue.

[Antoninus]

Until the Republicans drop their obsession with abortion, they will lose the vote among women.

Go surrender somewhere else, will you? There is no Republican obsession with abortion. Romney was embarrassed by the subject. McCain ignored the subject. The Democrats obsessed over it both in 2008 and 2012 and won both times in part because our side surrendered the issue to them.

What really is needed is a Republican who can passionately and convincingly articulate the Pro-Life position without being the least bit embarrassed by it. Give us a candidate like that and we'll wipe the floor with the pro-death left. Just you watch.

Of course, people like you will be trashing such a candidate the whole way. Those offering such advice are idiots. If the GOP isn't pro-life, there will be a third party because there won't be a second party.