Pelosi: We Won’t Fix Abortion, Immigration Provisions in Senate Bill
The Hill reports:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that abortion and immigration are not central to the Democrats' healthcare reform overhaul, even though the issues have served as sticking points for some in her caucus.
Pelosi said that the primary purpose of the bill was to expand healthcare coverage, but some anti-abortion rights lawmakers have said [...]
How to Report Poll Data
Sometimes, you just have to laugh. This Minneapolis Star Tribune, for decades a pro-abortion stalwart, headlines: “Nearly half of Minnesotans favor abortion rights, survey says.”
Nearly half of Minnesotans say that abortion should be a women’s personal choice, according to a survey by St. Cloud State University.
The phone survey of 550 randomly chosen adults [...]
NRCC Chairman Sessions: We Would Welcome Hoffman With "Open Arms"
Politico reports:
The House Republican leadership is prepared to welcome Doug Hoffman into its ranks, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Thursday, a sign that the GOP establishment is recalibrating its approach toward the contentious New York special election and the Conservative Party nominee whose candidacy has divided the party.
“He would be very [...]
Infamous Dave’s
Just a question: Now that David Letterman has admitted to sleeping with multiple women who work for him — will any feminist organization rise to denounce him as a serial sexual harasser?
Or does his steadfast support for abortion rights and a raft of left-liberal policy positions give him absolute moral immunity from such charges?
After [...]
The Good Old Days
From the New York Times’s obituary of Robert Novak, recalling his role in the 1972 Presidential election:
In April 1972, Mr. Evans and Mr. Novak reported that Senator George S. McGovern, the Democratic presidential candidate, favored abortion rights, legalization of marijuana and amnesty for draft dodgers — positions that crippled his standing with most conservative voters.
1972–how [...]
Obamacare Would Make Public and Private Insurance Plans Cover Abortion
In July 2007, presidential candidate Barack Obama told a group of Planned Parenthood activists that he would require coverage for abortion in both his public plan and in private insurance plans:
In my mind reproductive care is essential care. It is basic care, and so it is at the center, the heart of the plan that [...]
