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>>>It would seem the Republican controlled House has taken a strong pro-life legislative position<<<

Oh yeah? Then why didn't they ban abortion?

>>>That leads to a question: If, according to you, 65% of Republicans are pro-abortion and the party would be better off jettisoning the pro-life "fringe", why are a vast majority of elected Republican representatives pro-life?<<<

Because campaign finance reform, making individual donations less unimportant when compared to soft money, doesn't kick in until this Wednesday. Meanwhile, family planning rights advocates don't believe that Republican politicians are sufficiently liberated from soft money, and Republican politicians know this. Thus, until they can persuade the fiscally conservative, social moderates that they're not going to sell out to the religious right after getting the family planning rights' groups' votes, they may as well continue using the religious right in exchange for token symbolic gestures (without banning abortion, mind you).

As for your comment that: >>>You and your poll numbers are a bunch of crap.<<<

Most voters consider the religious right to consist of "creatures of emotion, but not necessarily much reason." And we wonder why Jeffords got so much political cover and cheers when he switched allegiances in the Senate, despite his slimy, pork-laden (milk subsidy) motivation that he had for doing so. I'm not a bunch of krap; I speak for the majority of Republicans and you may as well get used to hearing it after campaign finance reform kicks in. Not even Laura Bush sided with you guys, and abortion was never even banned by the Republican House BEFORE Soft Money became so greatly restricted. It will become even more restricted with time, so the pro-lifers may as well dedicate their energies to finally caring for the lives of folks in orphanages who have already been born (even if such an activity isn't as good for their fundraising endeavors).

1. In case you are unaware, Congress cannot ban abortion due to Roe v.Wade.

2. If you check the first link you'll note that pro-life groups appear nowhere in the list of top soft money donors and the second link will show that abortion advocacy PACs have vastly outspent pro-life PACs during this election cycle.

Top Soft Money Donors

PAC Contributions

3. If you make up such a substantial majority of the Republican party why can't you elect pro-abortion Republicans outside of left-wing strongholds?

4. If you're hanging your hat on CFR surviving the Supreme Court you had best be working on plan B.

5. Are you going to keep harping on orphanages? I just did a web search and can't find a single link to an active orphange. Are orphans a serious social issue? If so your Democrat buddies are missing a great issue. Right now they're only using the Republicans want to starve old people routine.

after campaign finance reform kicks in

You sure seem to hang a lot on that attempt to repeal the First Amendment through legislative fiat called by the misleading name "Campaign Finance Reform".

If the Supreme Court has an ounce of testosterone left, it's DOA.

On the other hand, I'm rather enjoying your proof, here, of something that I've said for a long time. Freedom of speech and the "freedom" to abort cannot coexist. The abortionists will stop at nothing to silence their opponents ... including the rape of the American republic and the murder of the liberties of the American people.