>Batrachian wrote "Gay marriage and partial birth abortion are the same"
Helllloooooo!!!?? I hope I am misunderstanding you. Are you really saying that Bush is wrong to want to ban partial birth abortions?
"Seventy percent to 80 percent of Americans oppose gay marriage and partial-birth abortion. Far from appealing exclusively to a narrow Republican base, opposition to gay marriage is strongest among the Democratic base: blacks, Hispanics, blue-collar workers and the elderly. There were marriage amendments on the ballot in Michigan and Ohio. Bush won Ohio narrowly and lost Michigan by only 2 points. How different might that have been if Bush hadn't run from the issue."
She thinks that Bush didn't hit those issues hard enough, and she might be right, although it's a moot point since Bush won. I meant that those issues are the same in that they're winners for us and Bush should stress them, not run away from them to appeal to moderates.