In Kansas, GOP abandons abortion focus

[RamboLiberal]

It would seem an ideal time for Kansas politicians opposed to abortion to push that agenda, hard. The state's two biggest clinics are under criminal indictment, and two grand juries will soon convene to consider additional charges.

But as the political season revs up, the executive director of the Kansas Republican Party has issued a stern warning to his fellow conservatives: Abortion is not a winning issue.

"This is not something that the Kansas GOP is going to go out and lead on," Christian Morgan said.

Morgan said that he and his party remain firmly opposed to abortion. Most Republican voters in Kansas feel the same, he said. But Morgan also believes that those voters are fed up with years of fruitless political and legal maneuvering aimed at driving abortion clinics out of business. They would much prefer to see an all-out focus on curbing illegal immigration or cutting taxes, he said.

In an e-mail rebuffing an antiabortion activist who asked for more GOP support, Morgan explained: "My job is to win elections. . . . Your agenda does not fit my agenda."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kansas1dec01,1,1668588.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

Good!

[TwilightGardener]

1. That's ironic, because abortion is the number one issue that's

driving the dynamics of the GOP race. If Mittens and Rudy had been pro-fetus enough to satisfy the right-to-life fetus-huggers, Fred Thompson would not have gotten in and Hucksterbee would be in single digits.

[patrice]

2. "Pro-Life" + Pro-War = a Lie = a Loosing Issue

And our Catholic governor could press that loosing issue, because she's from a generation that remembers Pro-Life when it was the Real Thing, not just an opportunity for mutual emotional masturbation for people who would spend every dime of public money on War and sweetheart deals with their churches if we didn't stop them.

[valerief]

3. Wow, and I'll bet a couple years ago those same Kansans were

hearing stuff like, "Would Jesus give up on outlawing abortion?"

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Vickers]

4. Man, they played the anti-choice people like a FIDDLE!

:rofl:

How does it feel to be USED, you doctor killers?

[spag68]

5. This is what I like

hearing about rethugs and their stupidity is way better then the obama lies post.