By Dave Andrusko We used to live in Minnesota so even if I hadn’t already been a political junkie, I would have paid close attention to the Iowa caucuses, living just across the border. That interest has not waned in the 30+ years we have lived in Virginia. What can...
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AEI Analysis Shows Growing Importance of Sanctity of Life Issues
By Michael J. New Last week the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) released an analysis of abortion as an election issue. The analysis and the corresponding Forbes editorial, authored by AEI senior fellow Karlyn Bowman, attempts to argue that abortion is a relatively...
Next GOP debate is December 15, Trump well ahead among Republican primary voters, according to latest poll
By Dave Andrusko The last debate among Republican presidential candidates takes place in five days in Las Vegas, Nevada. As has the sponsor of each debate, CNN is establishing its own criteria to determine which candidates will be on stage. For the December 15 debate,...
Tonight is the second Democratic presidential debate.
Despite the fact that all of the Democratic candidates are pro-abortion, I bet you won't hear much about it. That's because their extreme views are a losing issue with most Americans. And they know it. Every single Democratic candidate supports the current policy of...
Why are political polls increasingly so inaccurate?
By Dave Andrusko Last week, when NRL Political Director Karen Cross wrote about the November 3 victory of pro-lifer Matt Bevin in the Kentucky gubernatorial contest, she mentioned that, once again, the polls were way off. Those off-by-a-mile polls were, unfortunately,...
CBS Dreams of a Third Obama Term in ‘The Good Wife’
By Karen Townsend With memories of 2008 dancing in their heads, the writers of CBS’ The Good Wife have Gov. Peter Florrick (Chris Noth) going from having hopes of becoming Hillary Clinton’s vice president on the Democratic ticket to being the candidate for president...
2015 Election Day Results: Kentucky, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director November 3, 2015, was election day in a handful of states. Voters headed to the polls in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Following is an overview of the election results, by...
Pro-life Candidates Win Across Virginia in Off-Year Elections
Editor’s note. The following was sent out this morning by the Virginia Society for Human Life, NRLC’s state affiliate. Dear Friends, After the dust has settled from Election Day 2015, there is good news in the Commonwealth for unborn babies and their mothers....
Five reasons pro-lifers should be greatly encouraged
By Dave Andrusko A great many things have transpired over the past couple of days that ought to be, and are, a great picker-upper for pro-lifers. Here are five. #1. Pro-abortionists, led by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and joined by Planned Parenthood, provider,...
Pro-abortion Justin Trudeau leads Liberal Party to win in Canadian elections
By Dave Andrusko No two ways around it. Monday was a considerable setback for the cause of life in Canada. Loved, indeed fawned upon, by the media, pro-abortion Justin Trudeau led the Liberal Party to a resounding victory. When the tallies are official, Liberals will...