[afuturegovernor]

This might be the biggest fight in the Senate in a generation. Or it could just be a whim. The stakes are high and I have my fingers crossed that the president will make a strong choice to go to the court.

[Sonny M]

Maybe we just pull the conservative version of a david souter, you know, bring in a guy who intentionally misleads everyone, gets there vote, and then does his own thing. We could have our guy out and out lie, since the libs do it all the time, and just make sure we know he is a pro-lifer. I know this is very dishonest, just a thought though.

[Man of the Right]

Abortion is not on Bush's short list of objectives:

1. Win the war
2. Revive the economy
3. Leave no child behind
4. Appoint jurists who will interpret the law, not make it
5. Restore respect for the office of POTUS

Anti-abortionists don't have the votes.

Abortion has replaced social security as the third rail of American politics.

[victim soul]

NARAL needs the court to uphold an immoral and unjust law. Americans overwehlmingly are becoming Pro-Life --

USA/CNN POLL

Percentage of adults who would favor the following laws or proposals:

Requiring doctors to inform patients about alternatives to abortion before performing the procedure 88%

Requiring women seeking abortions to wait 24 hours before having the procedure done 78%

Requiring women under 18 to get parental consent for any abortion 73%

Requiring that the husband of a married woman be notified if she decides to have an abortion 72%

A law that would make it illegal to perform a specific abortion procedure conducted in the last six months of pregnancy known as a "partial birth abortion," except in cases necessary to save the life of the mother 70%

A constitutional amendment to ban abortion in all circumstances, except when necessary to save the life of the mother 38%

Source: USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll conducted Friday-Sunday of 1,002 adults. Margin of error: +/-3 percentage points.

Excerpt from:Abortion battle hits pivotal point
By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-01-15-abortion-usat_x.htm