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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTossing Lugar may cost the GOP the election in Dec.
This is like putting the old out on an ice flow. The red meat teabaggers will love it but....
It could also be a game changer, another Delaware moment and a lost of independent voters which the GOP needs in the general. The over 50 independent (who have a heavy turnout record) just may not like the way it was handled.
dmallind
(10,437 posts)Obama squeaked by in 08 as an unknown game changer. But now? Not going to happen.
The Magistrate
(95,264 posts)Not that Lugar is any prize, mind. His reaction to the Vincennes incident left me with a deep and lasting distaste for the creature....
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)Interspersed with some facts, perhaps.
CK_John
(10,005 posts)Indydem
(2,642 posts)Immigration
To fix what Donnelly calls the countrys immigration crisis he wants to start by securing the borders and have more agents patrolling the perimeter. He suggests using E-Verify, a program he supports that allows employers to verify if their workers are legal by checking with databases from the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration.[28] The interest groups English First, Federation for American Immigration Reform, and Americans for a Better Immigration have all been supporters of Donnellys work, while the National Latino Congreso has adamantly criticized his efforts.[29]
Gun ownership
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has consistently supported Donnelly on his views on gun control. He helped promote a project that would get rid of gun registration and the trigger lock law in Washington D.C.[30] The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has disapproved of Donnellys views and actions since 1998, based on his gun control voting records.[29] He values family traditions and human life; therefore, he is working on making inappropriate content on the web, television, and radio unavailable to children. Donnelly is morally opposed to abortion, and is trying to make adoption more accessible to families.[31]
Abortion
In 2011, he co-sponsored HR 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.[32] The bill contained an exception for "forcible rape," which opponents criticized as potentially excluding drug-facilitated rape, date rape, and other forms of rape.[33] The bill also allowed an exception for minors who are victims of incest.[32]