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I don't expect to ever see abortion as a main campaign issue. Just because it would not impact that many votes.

I guess all politics is local but in Pennsylvania the abortion issue is major. Bush lost bigtime (-200,000 votes) here running as a mushy moderate and Sen.Rick Santorum easily won re-election (+300,000 votes) on the same ballot running as a strong pro-lifer.

Bush lost bigtime (-200,000 votes) here running as a mushy moderate and Sen.Rick Santorum easily won re-election (+300,000 votes) on the same ballot running as a strong pro-lifer.

Good for you guys in PA. You also illustrate why we need Conservative Christians to get and stay involved in the political process, even when we don't win. Because the Rinos stay involved, they are constantly trying to water down our message. It seems that instead of taking over the party, we end up quiting, only to refight the same internal battles each and every election.

It's no surprised that Rick won. People admire those who will stand by their convictions. Even if you don't care about stopping abortion. You might be attracted to a prolife candidate, if he proves to be a man of principle.

I see what you are saying, but there are other reasons for the 500,000-vote difference between Santorum and Bush. Santorum was running as an incumbent, while Bush was running against a sitting Democratic vice president in a heavily Democratic state.