Is Rossi pro-life?

From Life of the Party

While in the Washington State Senate, Rossi was one of only a few Republicans senators who voted in favor of a bill (SSB 6537 in 2002) to require hospitals to provide emergency contraception to any sexual assault victim who requested it within 72 hours of sexual contact.

Dino is Catholic and believes that every soul has a value. For him, this is an issue of conscience, and he’s not going to compromise his views just to be elected. As a state senator he never sponsored legislation, or even an amendment, on this issue.

Dino Rossi supports a woman’s right to use contraceptives.

Replacing her with Ronald McDonald would result in a distinct improvement in the average IQ of the Senate.

Let’s see if the Dems can buy this election the way they did the first one against Gregoire. They don’t have ACORN this time (who was convicted of “the largest case of voter fraud in state history”), but I’m sure that won’t stop them from trying.

That Washington State has a Republican as attorney general demonstrates that a conservative can win state-wide, as Rossi would have done against Gregoire in the absence of fraudulent voting in King County (Seattle). That’s especially true now that people are seeing the disastrous results of socialism up close and personal.

This is not like supporting a RINO out of pragmatism. Rossi is no RINO. Admittedly, primary opponent Clint Didier is a good man and a fine conservative. However, I have no confidence that he is as adept at dealing with the media or going head to head with Murray in debate as Dino Rossi will be.

Further, on the west side of the state (where about 78% of the voters live) Didier is an unknown. He’s not even that well known on the east side of the mountains. Since approximately half the electorate has already voted for Rossi previously (against arguably a stronger opponent), the effort needed to win over an additional percentage point or two is nothing like the mountain Didier would have to climb in gaining enough independent support to win. Thus, while Didier might be a shade more pure ideologically, we should support Rossi. This is an even better chance of taking out a Left Coast Liberal than the Babbles Boxer race.

This one is already done, the moment he declared.

Another barely-competent-to-put-pants–on-with-zipper-in-front Democrat retired.

Rossi can definitely win in this political climate, which is unlike any that Murray has ever faced. The only thing that kept him out in 2004 was King County, which kept producing uncounted votes for Gregoire every time he pulled ahead. Eventually they got the outcome they wanted and only then did they want to bring that matter to an end. Hopefully, he can win by a big enough margin that the machine bosses in King County can’t steal it, because I doubt all of those votes will be counted without them knowing how many it will take to put Murray ahead.

Likely Dem, to Leans Dem, to Toss-up. Speaking of toss-up, thats what I feel like doing when I see Murray’s face.
Seattle is not in a good mood right now. A lot of people who tend to vote Dem, are sick of the government bs and failures. Didier being to the right of Rossi, may even get the nomination. Rossi best take care to stake out his positions carefully, making sure he’s in touch with the electorates mood. That being said, he’s a good campaigner and well known, and I’m glad he is running. The more choice for the primary the better.

You’ve got a 3 term Democratic senator running against a Republican who has run for Governor twice. There is no “getting to know you time” needed.

I’m all for emergency contraception and abortion, but only for female offspring of Democratic congressmen (and women). In fact, I think the new health care law makes this mandatory (page 1793).

I’ll stick with Sarah Palin and the Tea Party, over the same old establishment. Maybe if Rossi had pulled his thumbs out of you-know-where earlier, he’d have our support.

Rossi, go home. Go Didier!

of speaking venues. He spoke last week at the “Mainstream Republicans” annual conference in Seatac — an event not likely to endear himself to tea party voters. (A scheduled Saturday panel discussion is called “Tea Party or the Republican Party? How Ross Perot Elected Bill Clinton.”)

http://www.washingtonmainstream.org/cascade1.html