We all know they're nuts
by digby
... but that doesn't mean they'll quit:
“I feel like the world is spinning backwards,” said former Rep. Patricia Schroeder, who has often related the troubles she has as a young married law student getting her birth control prescriptions filled in the early 1960s. “If you had told me when I was in law school that this would be a debate in 2012, I would have thought you were nuts … And everyone I talk to thinks so, too.”
Jennifer Lawless, director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University, also sees the chance of a huge female backlash if the Republicans overreach.
“If women feel they are being targeted again, that women’s health is on the line — that’s not an argument you want to make in an election year,” she said.
You wouldn't think so. I also doubt this is a winner this go around and the Republicans will probably regret making it an election year issue right off the bat.
On the other hand, they do play a long game and they have the patience to slowly turn public opinion. After all, there was a time when gun control seemed to be common sense to a majority of Americans:
Keep in mind that gun control laws have been getting progressively less strict during that time period. And as I mentioned before, public opinion about abortion has remained fairly steady over nearly 40 years and yet the laws have been getting more restrictive. In other words, public support is no guarantee, even for issues that seem completely settled.
Vigilance is all I'm saying. Especially with "friends" like Melinda Henneberger empowered to broker deals on the subject.
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