Republicans like Christie Whitman, who think that the Republican Party is too pro-life, ought to consider what the other side is doing.While witless Republicans drone on about the need to nominate pro-abortion candidates, Democrats who learned the lessons of 2004 and 2002 are looking to nominate pro-life candidates for the Senate in 2006.
Here in Pennsylvania, Governor Ed Rendell strong-armed pro-abortion candidate Barbara Hafer out of the race to give pro-life Democrat Bob Casey a clear shot at Republican Senator Rick Santorum. Santorum is also pro-life.
In Rhode Island, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has recruited pro-life Rep. Jim Langevin to run against pro-abortion Republican Senator Lincoln Chaffee. Early polling indicates that Chaffee is one of the most vulnerable Senators in the nation for 2006.
Hungry for a win, Democratic officials even tried [unsuccessfully] to convince pro-abortion Democrat Matt Brown to exit the race to clear the way for Langevin.
Meanwhile, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY, told MSNBC: "This is not a positioning on [abortion] one way or the other. It's about winning."
So when the Democrats finally acknowledge that their extreme pro-abortion position has cost them at the polls, Christie Whitman suggests in her book, "It's My Party, Too," that Republicans should take the position that Democrats are reluctantly abandoning.
Expect Christie's next book to be a collection of her favorite recipes.
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