Reply #17: I'm in Utah, believe it or not, we were a Dem state 30 years ago

[Hamlette]

I don't know how we voted in national politics but our governor and legislature was Dem. We voted 79% for Bush yesterday. What happened?

I have a friend getting his PhD in Poli Sci. He's a liberal mormon, smart guy. He says it's all about abortion. Of course I'm sure it was the equal right amendment, guns, gay rights all added in now. But he said the church (read: state) turned on the abortion issue.

We won't go back on that issue but what blows my mind is that the GOP won't either! Here's the deal: only 9% of Americans want abortion illegal under all circumstances. Think what that means. 81% of americans favor abortion but only the dems are branded as the evil ones on that issue.

WTF is that all about? How did this happen?

It seems fixable. But we need to get on it. We could talk about how we don't agree with abortions either but the way to prevent them is education. Reduce that to a sound bite and we can start kicking back.