First of all, it's 2-16. And it'll probably be 4-30 by the time the next election is over. That's what happens when you work to spread the playing field by fielding more candidates and challenging incumbent Republicans and open red districts.

And it's what happens when you think long-term and work to build up parties in districts and states that have no Democratic parties. You see, it's call working on the big picture.

But you can applaud NARAL for endorsing Chafee, and you can applaud Chafee for voting to confirm Janice Brown and other anti-choice judges when our anti-abortion Democrats voted against those judges. And after you're done applauding Chafee for being "pro-choice", and ragging on "anti-abortion" Democrats, you can consider why we're losing so badly on the issue.

Aside from the assault on choice by the governing Republicans, abortion is the one issue in which teens are more conservative than adults. Kinds that are strongly for gay marriages and other progressive causes are trending away from Choice. Not a good long-term development.