Lately, we've had quite a bit of interesting speculation here in PA about who will or won't be running in the 2006 senate race against Rick Santorum (R-VA/PA). More on that in a moment; first, a little review of recent dKos history.
In the past few weeks (months, maybe?) there has been a great deal of discussion here on dKos regarding the Democratic party's pro-choice position on abortion. Some diarists and posters have suggested giving up the defense of Roe v Wade-thus depriving the Republicans of one of their wedge issues-with the hope for political gain in future elections.
My response to this has been horror at the thought that my own political party would even consider jettisoning my rights in exchange for a few votes from the other side. Of course, many people here at dKos were saying that the Democratic leadership would never do such a thing. And I believed them. After all, isn't this the party that built its reputation on defending those who couldn't defend themselves, such as the poor, the elderly, children, minority groups, and WOMEN?
We were wrong. (More on the flip...)
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