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Originally posted by Fugee
But you were so busy exchanging insults with Sebby that you didn't answer his very interesting question: Do you really think the GOP power structure really wants to overturn Roe? Does Bush really want to?
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Bush, and a certain sector of the GOP, want Roe overturned. BUT, they do not want to be seen as responsible for that overturning. No matter what SHFM writes, he can't argue with the fact that if the GOP gets Roe overturned, it will lose a lot of votes.
There is nothing for the GOP to gain and everything for it to lose in overturning Roe. It would be a horrible political blunder. It is "going nuclear" in every sense. The GOP has a very tenuous grip on moderates at the moment - the last thing it wants to do is make radical policy change which alienates a lot of moderates. Although the GOP's Jesus Fanatic wing gets all the press, a much larger percentage of its base are moderates who only vote GOP for fiscal reasons. These people tend to view Roe as an imperfect, but necessary pillar of women's rights. If it yanks Roe, the GOP risks freaking out these moderates, without whom it cannot remain in power. The GOP can't keep power solely on the votes of its extremist base.
