[sitetest]

Dear JeffAtlanta,

"Regardless, none of these low level pro-life democrats are going to be helpful to the pro-life movement since they vote for democratic leadership and have no say in SCOTUS confirmations."

Bitter experience has taught us here in Maryland that that isn't true. Folks who win at the local level are the folks that will move up to the big leagues.

In Maryland, folks who started out at the local level include Barbara Mikulski, Steny Hoyer, William Donald Schaeffer, Parris Glendening, to name a few.

The local level is the "farm team." That is why since 1978, I have not even voted for a single Democrat for state, county, or municipal office.


sitetest

[JeffAtlanta]

Bitter experience has taught us here in Maryland that that isn't true. Folks who win at the local level are the folks that will move up to the big leagues.

Most of those pro-life democrats will have to change their position to get any state-wide or national support from the demcratic voters. This is what Al Gore did. A low leve pro-life state or county official isn't going to help the cause at all.

Unless he is in a red state, he will simply have to change his position to move up. Even in a red state, he is likely to be beaten by a pro-life republican anyway (i.e. Mike Snow - Georgia) so there is no net gain.