[lbo-talk] Abortion

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sun Mar 12 08:27:01 PST 2006


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
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> Women can't turn to the Democratic Party on this one. The next
> president won't be a Democrat. Hillary Clinton can't win the South,
> and she doesn't excite working-class folks in states like Ohio and
> Florida.

Electoral predictions are a flimsy basis for political analysis. But the following is correct, regardless of DP fortunes:


> More accurately, women can't turn to electoral politics on
> this one. Few voters make abortion a litmus issue.

Carrol



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