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I think the point of Simon's position is that he has already stated -- emphatically -- that he is pro-life. But the election doesn't hinge on whether someone is pro-life or pro-abortion ... the election is going to be able the economy, education and energy ... three areas Gray Davis has failed miserably in.

Simon can't simply run his campaign on Life and nothing else ... his point is that Davis is trying to avoid his failures by throwing up the abortion issue each and every time.

Simon is pro-life. He is solidly conservative. You can see his conservatism also in his ideas on the issues that drive the voters ... this year, education, the economy, and energy. His solutions are conservative, his ideas grounded in science and sound economics and ideas.

Yes, he can't avoid the issue completely. But he shouldn't play their game. They want to make it THE ONLY issue, and I just think it's going to backfire on them.

Still, I hope this article is incorrect. It is a VERY POOR response to say "We'll just change the subject." That implies they're on the defense, they're apologetic, they're embarrassed by his position. Simon must maintain the OFFENSE.

Now, by that I don't mean that he should try to win everyone over to the prolife position as a campaign feature. I only mean that he should turn the tables on the McCarthyites when they play their "Are you now or have you ever been...?" persecution of prolife citizens. Davis and crew must be revealed as the real "extremists."

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Yes, he can't avoid the issue completely. But he shouldn't play their game. They want to make it THE ONLY issue, and I just think it's going to backfire on them.

If they do this, Bill Simon could (not that he would) skillfully turn it so that it looks like they are attacking him on his religion (Catholicism). He should start exposing them to be the strident and irrational people that they are. Voters don't like to see anyone attacked on their religion, even if they aren't religious themselves...and the religious ones might get angry enough to get off their duffs and vote.