Issues
The Obama campaign and its allies have adopted an extensive "messaging strategy" that seeks to persuade religiously committed Americans that Obama has a middle-of- the-road position on abortion policy and will promote "abortion reduction." Douglas Johnson, longtime legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) and author of an article published today on National Review Online, titled "Unholy Messaging," calls the Obama effort "a brazen scam." [Read more]
Christian Newswire , October 7, 2008
For years, pro-lifers have set their sights on changing the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping that a conservative judicial lineup would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. But what if the Supreme Court someday overturns Roe, and abortion nevertheless remains legal? [Read more]
Michael Foust, September 19, 2008
In the increasing flurry of this election season's negative political ads, the Barack Obama campaign produced a TV commercial that not only attacks Republican rival John McCain, but also takes aim at an unusual target: a 31-year-old woman who was born alive after her mother's botched abortion. [Read more]
Drew Zahn, September 2, 2008
Computerized phone calls noting Sen. John McCain hasn't signed a pledge not to raise taxes. Hundreds of thousands of glossy union mailers using two Band-Aids to illustrate the flaws in Sen. Barack Obama's health-care plan. [Read more]
Matthew Mosk and John Solomon, January 4, 2008