Yes, I think this is a definitive win, and, I would like to think it was planned from day one as such. The GOP is in a nasty internal fight for the nomination, the wind is, for the time being, out of the economic argument, so this was a low ball to them which they scrambled for, and then found themselves stuck with.
You just have to look at the actual numbers of women who use/have used contraception (especially the catholic numbers) to see that Social Male Conservatives can scream all they like but they're on the wrong side to make any real political capital out of it.
If Planned Parenthood think it's an ok compromise AND Catholic Healthcare organizations, then it's a win.
Next up, a budget with tax increases for the rich... I am looking forward to watching the veins throbbing in certain foreheads.
There was some interesting commentary at the weekend in some quarters which is if you assume that Obama can carry the bulk of the Kerry States then he doesn't need very many others to win the election - if you then look at the polls in Ohio and Michigan, then the route for any republican to the White House is really, really tricky.
We'll see. I was thinking this could be close before Christmas, but I don't see how the GOP can keep this up to August and actually have anything left.
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Date: 2012-02-13 06:08 pm (UTC)You just have to look at the actual numbers of women who use/have used contraception (especially the catholic numbers) to see that Social Male Conservatives can scream all they like but they're on the wrong side to make any real political capital out of it.
If Planned Parenthood think it's an ok compromise AND Catholic Healthcare organizations, then it's a win.
Next up, a budget with tax increases for the rich... I am looking forward to watching the veins throbbing in certain foreheads.
There was some interesting commentary at the weekend in some quarters which is if you assume that Obama can carry the bulk of the Kerry States then he doesn't need very many others to win the election - if you then look at the polls in Ohio and Michigan, then the route for any republican to the White House is really, really tricky.
We'll see. I was thinking this could be close before Christmas, but I don't see how the GOP can keep this up to August and actually have anything left.