| The issue is now about how the House GOP regards and would like to treat its female colleagues. Unfortunately for them, as Rich noted below, the answer to that can be summed up in the two words, "like shit." The civil rights group along with other pro-choice organizations was braced to lose the vote when it came up. But it never did and the lobbyist was losing sleep trying to figure out what really happened. She and others may be shocked to find out what really happened is the governor, who calls himself “pro-life,” privately sent word that he would not support the 20-week provision. Notice that he did it without fanfare, no news conference, no nothing except sending word he was not on board.
You have to wonder about how benevolent overlord Rick Michigan regards the House GOP that not only managed to steal his bridge-to-Canada thunder by badly fumbling this and turning their conduct into an issue that has lingered badly for an entire week, but that makes the entire state look really, really bad. How bad? They've lost Meghan McCain. At the national level, their inane story about temper tantrums and comparisons of legislation to rape haven't stuck. |
