Repubs furious at poll--shows them out of mainstream on stem cells...

Some Republicans Angered They Weren't Warned About Polling of Constituents on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
23 May 2005

Some House Republicans are angry that they were not warned about a GOP-commissioned survey in which their constituents were polled on the issue of human embryonic stem cell research in an effort by other Republican lawmakers to boost support for federal legislation that would expand government funding for such research, the... Washington Times reports (Fagan/Dinan, Washington Times, 5/19). According to the survey of 1,300 registered voters in 13 Republican-controlled House districts, 66% of individuals surveyed said they support embryonic stem cell research and 27% said they oppose such research. The survey was sponsored in part by the Republican Main Street Partnership and conducted by the Winston Group, which conducts surveys for the Republican leadership in the House and Senate (CQ HealthBeat, 5/18). The results of the survey, which was commissioned by Rep. Michael Castle (R-Del.) and other supporters of embryonic stem cell research, then were used to boost support for a federal bill that would expand federal funding for such research (Washington Times, 5/19). The House legislation (HR 810), which is sponsored by Castle, would allow researchers to receive federal funding for the study of embryonic stem cells derived from embryos created for fertility treatments and willingly donated by patients. The legislation would not allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research on stem cell lines or embryos created expressly for research purposes. The current embryonic stem cell research policy -- which President Bush announced on Aug. 9, 2001 -- limits federal funding for the research to stem cell lines created on or before that date. Critics of Bush's policy have said that the embryonic stem cell lines available for federally funded research are not biologically diverse, are contaminated with nonhuman material and are useless for research into possible cures for degenerative diseases (Kaiser Daily Reproductive Health Report, 5/12).
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polls. I was under the impression that Repubs followed their moral compass and would vote accordingly. I mean that's what they said isn't it?

:sarcasm:

:puke:

not that I feel sorry for them. I hope they move on to depression and soon.

don't care; they just don't want it advertised

n/t

There is still reason in the world even if out Far Right have got the mind of a ripe banana

That they were not warned in time to spin the results or that they didn't get a chance to skew the results to their liking?