[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.

[sitetest]

Dear JeffAtlanta,

"Most of those pro-life democrats will have to change their position to get any state-wide or national support from the demcratic voters."

I agree with you, that that is what they will have to do to get ahead. That's why I made the point that the local races are important, too.

But here's the thing, Jeff. There are life issues at the state level, too. There is Medicaid funding of abortion. There are parental notification laws. There are regulations of clinics, etc.

If the Republican Party can't figure out how, with the first majority President since 1988, with a 10-seat majority in the Senate, with an expanded majority in the House, with a comfortable presidential approval rating, if under these circumstances, the party can't avoid in the next two years appointing Justices who turn out to be pro-aborts, then I've been wasting my time.

At least, if I vote for pro-life Democrats for the state legislature, over moderately pro-abort Republicans (the irony is that in Maryland, a pro-life Democrat is more easily elected than a pro-life Republican), at least I can mitigate the harm of abortion in my own state.


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