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Abortion likely cost the Democrats Minnesota, and thus the Senate. Former Vice President Walter Mondale accused Senator-Elect Norm Coleman of being an “Arbitrary Pro-Lifer.” Coleman then invited Mondale to join him in supporting a ban on partial birth abortions and a requirement for parental notification in cases of child pregnancy (legislation that the vast majority of Minnesotans support). Mondale stumbled for an answer, likely afraid to move from the rigid ideological position dictated by supporters of abortion rights. Democrats who are opponents of abortion heard Mondale’s views loud...
...race would have been drastically different had the Democratic Party supported Senator-Elect Coleman when he was one of their own. Coleman was elected and served as Mayor of St. Paul as a Democrat. He and other elected officials, such as Co-Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), left the Democratic Party because of the party’s rigid intolerance of opponents of abortion...
...Some Democrats worry that her liberal views will give Republicans a perfect target to criticize the party. But this concern should not damper support for Pelosi. Former Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill was labeled by Republicans as a Massachusetts liberal and proceeded to lead his party into winning back 26 Congressional seats in 1982. And while consensus building across party lines is an important attribute of an effective legislator, defining party lines is also an imperative role of a party leader. Pelosi is a staunch liberal Democrat, but that is exactly...
Penn found that 68% of voters knew about the service?a high awareness of an event broadcast live nationally only on C-SPAN. What's more, 49% of voters said the service made them less likely to vote for a Democrat?and 67% of independents said they felt that way. One Democrat who quickly sensed that the service was a political disaster was Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, a possible 2004 presidential contender...
...Politicians named John Sununu The son also rises: As a new generation of Bushes wins elections, so does a second generation of Sununus. The son (and namesake) of the former President Bush's chief of staff defeated Democrat Jeanne Shaheen to take New Hampshire's Senate seat...