The media lie. Public opinion is heavily against 'abortion on demand.' What people want is something that they really always had: protection for the mother's life. Roe v. Wade was a strawman; the doctors always had the discretion(ed. I changed this to what I thought you meant) to save the most viable life, and only elective abortion was ever illegal.
Whew -- finally hooked me a live one. You win -- you are exactly right.
But the problem is still the MSM is out to help the dems. No way around it -- yet. If the MSM can plant the story, foster the lie that the conservatives are trying to get the people to do something the public is not prepared for, they got us -- again. I smell more than just a pinch of get those nasty Conservatives in these stories.
So we need strategery.
BTW -- I agree with most all that has been said on this thread. Might shock some, but I do. Spector has been an abomination for conservatives and conservative judges.
But I want to win, not just charge up the hill to fall off a cliff.
No one is charging off of a cliff. Specter made a questionable statement yesterday to the San Francisco Chronicle and he's made such statements in the past. Some of us believe that this demonstrates a pattern and that there is a strong possibility that he will prove to be an obstacle to the confirmation of conservative, pro-life Federal Judges and Supreme Court Justices. Because of that concern some of us are contact Sen. Bill Frist and others (I recommend Jon Kyl) who may have an affect upon whether Specter is appointed as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
It is apparent that our efforts are starting to cause Specter some concern as to whether he will, in fact, be appointed. He's gone into damage control mode. Despite his desperate attempts, he won't be able to cover up all of his statements and record on this issue. Again, the San Francisco Chronicle interview does not constitute the entirety of Specters history on this. I will say, however, that he did finally vote to recommend Pryor. That is something to be considered in his favor. However, these statements cause me enough concern that I would not want him to serve as Senate Judiciary Chair - he needs another committee assignment somewhere else.
Blocking Arlen Specter from a committee chairmanship is not jumping off a cliff.