Reply #180: Dems should stick to principles, plus [View All]

we need to realize that things are going to be very, very different as time goes on. Even the 2006 congressional and senate races will be run on issues that people care about at that time. If Iraq goes down the path to civil war and massive US military losses, if Bushco decides to invade another mid-eastern country, if Bush reinstitutes the draft, if the economy continues downward for middle-class Americans, we may not even be talking about gay rights or abortion.

Abortion and/or gay rights will be issues, of course, if Shrub manages to get Roe v. Wade overturned and/or some even worse discrimination against gays is seen as going over the line by most voters.

IMO, anyway.