Stem-Cell Veto A Factor In 2006?
I sincerely doubt it…Eleanor Clift, however, thinks so, and her proof is…
The impact of the newly energized stem-cell debate is being felt in individual races. Pennsylvania Rep. Curt Weldon, a toe-the-line conservative, surprised everybody by voting to overturn Bush’s veto despite having voted against the legislation. His Democratic challenger, retired Navy vice admiral Joe Sestak, thanked him for his reversal, likening it to John Kerry’s famous campaign faux pas, “I voted for it before I voted against it.” In Weldon’s case, he voted against it before he voted for it. Weldon is best known for believing that the jury is still out on WMD in Iraq. First elected in 1986, this is his first tough race. The last four Democrats who ran against him collectively raised $78,000, chump change. Sestak has raised more than a million dollars, even outpacing Weldon in the last quarter in part because of some pretty slimy personal attacks by Weldon that backfired.
Well, surely that’s just the tip of the iceberg, right? She’s just getting warmed up?
Ahhhh…in a word, no. That’s it. That’s the whole basis of the story, right there.
Oh, Eleanor, Eleanor…whatever are we to do with you?…
Those stem cell swing voters, they could make or break it in 2006.
Eleanor, if you honestly believe that there is someone sitting on his couch, who will decide to go vote based on the subject of stem cells…I could fit the ones who fall into that category on the short bus.
As for those who have already decided where they stand? They already vote on larger issues. Stem cells are garnish.