Stones Cry Out

As a denizen of the left side of the blogosphere, I think there's much that everyone can agree on here... this is a tragedy, there's no simple answers, and there will be no winners.

However one feels about the situation, Americans are uneasy about the government stepping in, and would not want them to do so if it were themselves. That's true for all persuasions (including evangelicals and conservatives) according to the polling.

The WaPo story about politicians attempting to take advantage of this should give one pause, however.

This is an important moral issue and the pro-life base will be excited that the Senate is debating this important issue," said the memo, which was reported by ABC News and later given to The Washington Post. "This is a great political issue, because Senator Nelson of Florida has already refused to become a cosponsor and this is a tough issue for Democrats."

This is, in fact not a great political issue, it's a human tragedy. As to Rick's excellent question, we'll have to see how it all plays out.

The Anchoress has an interesting take on all of this - http://theanchoress.blogspot.com/2005/03/terri-john-paul-ii-lucia-george-w-bush.html

New ABC poll data from 3.20/05. Take a look.

Thanks DemFromCT, I'll try to post something about this poll today. Under a time crunch now...