[Howlin]

[EternalVigilance]

Wouldn't you agree that being against terrorism is to be pro-life?

Is there any qualitative difference between defending the life of men, women and children from bombs and bullets and defending babes in the womb? The only difference is age, after all...

[Torie]

The thing about the abortion issue though that gives it traction beyond the numbers you posted, is that it cuts deeply with some cross conflicted voters, and changes votes all by itself going both ways. The attention politicians give an issue is based on the delta, ie the change, function.

[Dan from Michigan]

1. Polls are a snapshot in time at best.
2. They are less and less accurate nowadays since surveys are harder to conduct.
3. I also remember the 1998 elections where a pro-choicer ran 10% behind Bush(2004 numbers) and 20% behind John Engler in her home county. Engler was on top of the ticket that year. It was a congressional swing district and a disaster in an otherwise top year for us. We did get the seat in 2000(Mike Rogers, pro-life).

Dismiss us prolifers at your own peril - and I was one of those who did vote for the pro-choicer in 98 because of Stabenow. Others, such as my mom are not so forgiving, and I'm a lot less forgiving on that issue now than I used to be.