With the Terri Schiavo controversy a couple of months behind us, I'm wondering how it's affected the thinking of those on this list when it comes to the abortion and euthanasia issues. Here's one pro-choicer's opinion. Up to now, I've been pretty much in line with Kos in thinking that the Democratic party has to keep a big tent up; the Republicans manage to do it quite successfully, and so must we. I still feel that way, basically. I think Harry Reid is doing a stupendous job; I think Casey would be a vast improvement over Rick Santorum, etc.
But I have to say that the despicable conduct of pro-lifers during the Schiavo affair has definitely soured me on the idea of compromising with them. I might have liked Hillary Clinton's attempts to move to the center on abortion, but I'm a lot less favorably inclined toward them now. If there had been major pro-life voices speaking out against government intervention in what was patently a private matter, I'd feel better, but they were in mighty short supply.
I don't know. Like others here, I struggle with this one. Do others find that the Schiavo controversy affected their thinking?