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Obama’s Plan B: Morning-after pill for underage girls

Plan B: Obama allows morning-after pill for under-17s

The Obama administration will stop trying to limit sales of emergency contraception pills, making the morning-after pill available to women of all ages without a prescription.

The US justice department said in a letter on Monday that it planned to comply with a court’s ruling to allow unrestricted sales of Plan B One-Step and that it would withdraw its appeal on the matter.

The move [...]

FDA APPROVES MORNING-AFTER PILL FOR SALE OVER-THE-COUNTER… Age 15 and up

FDA: MORNING-AFTER PILL TO MOVE OVER-THE-COUNTER

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FDA approves ‘morning-after pill’ for women 15 and up

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that the contraceptive known as Plan B should be available without a prescription for all women 15 and older.

The move is sure to stir controversy among social conservatives, some of whom view Plan B as a form of abortion. Unlike other forms of birth control, Plan B is intended for [...]

New Christian Voter Guide Lands In Battleground States

Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition has now begun dropping their presidential voter guide into key battleground states. It has just posted to their site and you can check it out here:

They are sending this out to roughly 17 million social conservatives that they have identified in their extensive voter file. It is being delivered by mail, email, text message, to churches and door-to-door. When people receive the voting guide in [...]

Analysis: Obama gambles with gay marriage move

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public opinion about gay marriage has changed so rapidly that President Barack Obama’s historic embrace of it may pose as many political risks to Republicans as to the president and his fellow Democrats.

The president’s dramatic shift on the issue – a watershed moment in U.S. politics, even if many people felt it was inevitable – is the latest sign that Democratic hopes increasingly rest on younger, college-educated [...]

Civil unions bill killed in Colo statehouse… Tempers flare: ‘I hope you f***ing die!’

A bill to allow same-sex couples to form civil unions died on the calendar late Tuesday, taking down with it more than 30 other measures in a dramatic game of political chicken in which no one would blink.

When Republican Speaker Frank McNulty acknowledged there was an impasse and abruptly ended his news conference on the House floor, Coloradans watching in the gallery started chanting: “Shame on you! Shame on you!”

At [...]

Romney says Obama believes in a ‘government-centered society’

By Holly Bailey | The Ticket – Sat, Mar 31, 2012

PEWAUKEE, Wis.—Making a direct appeal to social conservatives, Mitt Romney reiterated his pledge to “defund” Planned Parenthood and defend the “sanctity of life” and religious freedom if elected president.

But speaking at a rally hosted by the conservative Faith & Freedom Coalition, Romney focused less on social issues and more on President Obama and his handling of the nation’s economy.

The former [...]

Obama birth-control rule stokes election-year fight

(Reuters) – The top Republican in the Congress on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama’s new rule on contraceptives as an assault on “religious freedom” and vowed to overturn it, as the White House sought to prevent the issue from becoming an election-year liability.

Fanning a political firestorm, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner joined an outcry from religious leaders and social conservatives over a requirement that health insurance plans, including those [...]

Im not saying Gingrich would make a bad president, just that he will never be president!!!

A vote for Gingrich is a vote for Obama!!! Gingrich can NEVER win a general election! This coming from a (fiscally) conservative Republican that was part of the Republican Revolution of 96!

I totally supported him back then. But he got his ass handed to him by Bill Clinton so badly, HOW CAN WE BE EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS!!!

Talk about giving away the election! Gingrich will loose the woman and minority [...]

Florida’s largest newspaper backs Romney

[New York Times]

Two weeks from today, Florida Republicans have an opportunity to effectively end a disappointing presidential primary season and focus the nation on a pivotal general election. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the winner of the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, is the candidate best prepared to make the Republicans’ case that change is needed in the White House.

The Republican Party is experiencing an identity crisis as [...]

Mormon question lingers for Mitt

A conservative Christian caucus gave GOP presidential long shot Rick Santorum a last-ditch boost from a Texas ranch yesterday, bestowing its blessing upon the former Pennsylvania senator in an attempt to galvanize the God-fearing vote against front-runner Mitt Romney.

About 150 social conservatives anointed Santorum as their man on the ballot, voting to back him over Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry — and, in doing so, to try and derail Romney [...]

Ron Paul Has Already Won

Daily Bell
January 1, 2012

What happens if Ron Paul wins Iowa? … Paul seems to have a natural ceiling among GOP voters: A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll found that nearly half of Republican voters feel Paul’s foreign policy views are a major reason not to vote for him. Indeed, the primary reason Paul has an opening to win in Iowa is that no consensus candidate has emerged among social conservatives, [...]

A Two-Man Race In Iowa: Mitt Romney and Ron Paul

By Cameron Joseph - The Hill

Iowa is looking like a two-man race with a little more than 100 hours to go before caucus time, though conservative Rick Santorum could still be a spoiler.

The biggest question is whether Santorum can coalesce conservative support in the state and catch front-runners Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.

Santorum has leaped into the conversation with polls showing him running solidly in the top three.

“Is this momentum that [...]

SANTORUM ON THE RISE IN IOWA?

With 45 percent of Iowa Republican voters undecided and a roller-coaster ride about to come to a screeching stop next Tuesday with the GOP caucuses, it may be Rick Santorum’s turn to take the final ascent and surprise the political class by … doing better than expected?

Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, has been touted as the sleeper candidate by none other than 2008 Iowa caucuses winner Mike Huckabee. He has relentlessly campaigned in [...]

Repeal of sodomy, bestiality ban sparks fight on Defense bill

Jeremy Herb
The Hill
December 10, 2011

As the final Defense authorization bill gets hammered out in conference committee, one surprising issue is riling both social conservatives and animal rights activists: the repeal of a ban on sodomy and bestiality.

The Senate bill, which was passed last week, removed an article from the Uniform Code of Military Justice stating “unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an [...]

Michele Bachmann sticks to guns despite drop in polls (Yes, she’s still in the race)

Washington Examiner

ROCK HILL, S.C. – After her victory in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll last August, Michele Bachmann went from front-runner to back-in-the-packer faster than any candidate in this volatile political season. First Rick Perry, then Herman Cain, and now Newt Gingrich have risen to challenge establishment choice Mitt Romney, while Bachmann’s support has been stuck in the single digits, not only here in South Carolina but in Iowa, New [...]

Herman Cain: Being gay is a ‘personal choice’

GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain told CNN last night that homosexuality is a choice and his stance against abortion should not be a “directive” to the nation.

The comments by Cain, who is essentially tied with Mitt Romney at the top of recent national polls for the GOP nod, could get further scrutiny in early states such as Iowa and South Carolina where social conservatives play a key role in picking [...]

GOP Strategist: Ron Paul Could Win Republican Nomination

Perry, Romney and Cain will all fade away, says Burkman

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Wednesday, October 13, 2011

Republican Strategist Jack Burkman told Fox Business host Judge Andrew Napolitano that “Ron Paul could win the GOP nomination,” given the fact that Perry and Romney’s campaigns have started to crumble whereas Herman Cain has no real political experience.

“I can see Ron Paul catching on….if you look at the whole range of [...]

All Bets Are Off in the Iowa Caucuses

From NYT:

DES MOINES — Measured by national polling, media attention and millions in the bank, the Republican field appears to have come down to a bout between two heavyweights: Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, vs. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.

But in the state where the first nominating votes will actually be counted, the field resembles more of an all-out brawl, with candidates who rank deep [...]

Rick Perry And The HPV Vaccine: Would A Real Conservative Attempt To Forcibly Vaccinate 12 Year Old Girls For A Sexually Transmitted Disease?

The debate about Rick Perry and the HPV vaccine is a battle for the very soul of the Republican Party. Right now, Rick Perry is parading around the country talking about how “conservative” he is, but would a real conservative attempt to forcibly vaccinate 12 year old girls for a sexually transmitted disease? If Rick Perry really wants government to be as “inconsequential” in our [...]

WIRE: Perry’s Swagger on Fed May Not Play Outside TX

In Texas, Governor Rick Perry could toss out comments about secession from the United States and allowing college students to pack concealed weapons without attracting much note beyond the state’s borders.

In his startup campaign for the White House, Perry’s talk in Iowa of wanting a chief executive who loves America and his warning to Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke that things could get “ugly” for him in Texas if [...]

AP: Ron Paul no longer ‘fringe’… ‘Shafted’ by media

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron Paul, once seen as a fringe candidate and a nuisance to the establishment, is shaping the 2012 Republican primary by giving voice to the party’s libertarian wing and reflecting frustration with the United States’ international entanglements.

The Texas congressman placed second in a key early test vote Saturday in Ames, coming within 152 votes of winning the [...]

Until recently, we had been seeing some fairly classic public negotiation strategies in debt ceiling play

1. The Tea Party true believers were digging in and promising to make life difficult for any (whether within or outside the Republican Party) who break ranks with their vision.

2. The Republican Party leadership in the House and Senate were rhetorically siding with several of the core Tea Party demands while indication that, provided they significantly achieved these stated aims, they were prepared to [...]

Wisconsin effort to cut $1 million from Planned Parenthood funding clears legislative budget committee

Madison – The state would end more than $1 million a year in family planning funding to Planned Parenthood, under a proposal passed Wednesday by the Legislature’s budget committee.

The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 to keep state family planning grants funded with state and federal money from going to groups like Planned Parenthood that separately provide abortions for women or make referrals for abortions. State [...]

Trump donation history shows Dem favoritism

Billionaire Donald J. Trump, an early presidential favorite among tea party activists, has a highly unusual history of political contributions for a prospective Republican candidate: He has given most of his money to the other side.

The real estate mogul and “Celebrity Apprentice” host has made more than $1.3 million in donations over the years to candidates nationwide, with 54 percent of the money going to Democrats, according to a Washington [...]

NYT: Jon Huntsman’s Done Working for Obama. Now He May Challenge Him for the Presidency

From NYT:

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three months before President Obama nominated Jon M. Huntsman Jr. as ambassador to China, Mr. Huntsman arrived here to introduce himself to three dozen influential Republicans and talk politics with them over dinner at the Palmetto Club.

Mr. Huntsman, then serving his second term as governor of Utah and prospecting for his political future, worried aloud that Republicans were growing out of touch with a generation of [...]

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