Dole and Palin
Ramesh Ponnuru writes at the National Review Online blog:
Pro-Life WomenThey are radically underrepresented in national politics. Elizabeth Dole is the only pro-life woman in the Senate that I can think of.is there a governor besides Palin who fits the category? The situation in the House is only a little better. The dearth of female pro-life politicians creates any number of political problems for pro-lifers. (That's why the Susan B. Anthony List exists.) All else aside, I am glad to see a female pro-life politician reach prominence.
So I guess if you’re looking for local connections to the national race, there’s one. I’m not really sure having a strong pro-lifer on the ticket gets McCain any more votes than he would have had. I have a hard time imagining a whole lot of voters whose sole focus is the pro-life issue going over to vote for the current Democratic ticket.
Ponnuru mentions the Susan B. Anthony List, which looks like it’s supposed to serve as a counter-weight to Emily’s List, although I must confess having never seen the pro-life group active here in NC. The SBA List does have a big picture of Palin up on their site, so they’re obviously excited about the prospect.
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There are only a few female GOP Senators in the first place. Hutchinson and Murkowski are generally anti-abortion, but not completely hard-line, Collins and Snowe are pro-choice, so I'm not sure how accurate he is, even with the limited sample.
Of course, Ponnuru has been having some trouble with numbers as he analyzes this race...
Posted on September 2, 2008 1:59 PM
You know, content aside, they could make five changes to that NRO blog and make it more readable by a good bit.
Posted on September 2, 2008 2:53 PM