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Published: 03/11/09

Michael Steele Pro-Choice: Tells GQ Abortion is 'Individual Choice'

By  Matt Lewis - Politics Daily
Michael Steele Pro-Choice: Tells GQ Abortion is 'Individual Choice'

If this GQ article is quoting him accurately, Michael Steele has just admitted he is, by definition, pro-choice. Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion? Yeah. I mean, again, I think that's an individual choice.You do? Yeah. Absolutely. ... Then, he goes on to sort of backtrack from that, essentially making an argument that it is, in fact, not an individual choice, but a state's choice:Are you saying you don't want to overturn Roe v. Wade? I think Roe v. Wade-as a legal matter, Roe v. Wade was a wrongly decided matter. Okay, but if you overturn Roe v. Wade, how do ...

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Published: 02/10/09

Michael Steele's Presidential Primary Power

By  Matt Lewis - Politics Daily
Michael Steele's Presidential Primary Power

Over at TheNextRight, Soren Dayton asks: What will Michael Steele do with the presidential primary calendar? Anyone who follows politics closely knows that, despite all the campaigning and fundraising candidates do, ultimately, the rules go a long way toward picking primary winners and losers. For example, consider the following questions: ... If New Hampshire weren't the first primary state, would McCain still have won the GOP nomination? Or what if all the primaries were "closed", so that Independents couldn't have voted in some? ... If the DNC had not refused to seat the entire Florida ...

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