[Howlin]

If they don't, the Republican party will split. The pro-life Christians will have been definitively betrayed and, demoralized, they will sit out the next election, or vote for a new "Pro-life party" or the like.

It's already split away; take a look at the polls; the vast majority of conservatives in the GOP do NOT approve of what Congress did.

And people who sit out get what they deserve, nothing.

[Antoninus]

It's already split away; take a look at the polls; the vast majority of conservatives in the GOP do NOT approve of what Congress did.

You know quite well that these "polls" are utterly bogus--they are push polls conducted on an ignorant population by the pro-death media.

Want a real indication of where the base of the party stands on the issue? Look at the various FR polls--practically all of them show an 80%-20% vote in favor of the various efforts to save Terri.

[KDD]

The last slow motion GOP train wreck that looked this bad to me was Watergate. We were regulated to the wastelands for years after that. This time the politicians bought into the mainstream media lie that the religious right was the deciding factor in Bush being elected...Having been a observer and participant in GOP politics for 40 years I knew the White House was delivered to the GOP based on the "security" issue...Someone has made a grave political mistake in judgment. Rove?