[fieldmarshaldj]

Gibbons is not so pro-abort I would discount entirely supporting him (unlike, say, Greenwood of PA). Reid barely won in a good 'Rat year, and Gibbons represented the equivalent of about 2 Congressional districts, so I'd say he starts out about even.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Gibbons is not so pro-abort"

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You've got that right. Gibbons not only voted for the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, he also voted AGAINST Jim Greenwood's sham substitute amendment that would have allowed abortions so long as the mother's "health" (including "mental health") was endangered. So when the chips were down, Gibbons voted the right way. The supposedly pro-life Reid, on the other hand, voted FOR a similar amendment by Richard Durbin before covering his posterior and voting for the PBA ban (here's a list of how they voted: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/863742/posts?page=214#214). So as a pro-life voter, I'd much rather support Gibbons than Reid, even without taking into account the fact that Gibbons will support Bush's judicial nominees and Reid will not do so.