[Long Cut]

"Secondly, there is a reason why very little opposition has come from the democrats - and that is because this is a losing issue for them. Someone realized in the senatet that its not good to clamor over one another in order to be the first one to kill a handicapped person."

Or, they're reading the polls and getting out of the way while the Republicans shoot themselves in the foot.

[goldstategop]

I expect the Democrats to be poll-driven. But you know what they say about popularity - its fleeting.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)