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Threat to Roe puts GOP on defense in 2022 battlegrounds
Politico
"We’re going to talk about the economy, about energy, about the failed Biden policies, about the open border," said a top GOP strategist.
By NATALIE ALLISON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
05/07/2022 12:27 PM EDT
In the top Senate battlegrounds, Democrats are buying up television time and sounding off at every opportunity about Republican plans to curtail abortion rights. They have seized on the moment — and consider it a possible turning point.
Many Republicans, though, are shrugging. Among those in the most competitive contests, reaction to the news that the Supreme Court was poised to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has been muted, marked by statements in support of overturning Roe and great caution to avoid placing abortion at the center of their campaigns.
“This was anticipated. Anybody in politics with two brain cells knew that this issue was going to come up at the end of June, most likely,” said Dave Carney, a New Hampshire-based Republican strategist. “So now, we have May and June — but there are 185 days until the election.”
Carney, who is consulting for Chuck Morse, the state Senate president seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), said Morse is “not running away from abortion” and has articulated his position when asked. But in a state where abortions are legal up to 24 weeks — and where polling shows the majority of voters favor some restrictions on the procedure — the campaign prefers to move on to other issues.
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"We’re going to talk about the economy, about energy, about the failed Biden policies, about the open border," said a top GOP strategist.
By NATALIE ALLISON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
05/07/2022 12:27 PM EDT
In the top Senate battlegrounds, Democrats are buying up television time and sounding off at every opportunity about Republican plans to curtail abortion rights. They have seized on the moment — and consider it a possible turning point.
Many Republicans, though, are shrugging. Among those in the most competitive contests, reaction to the news that the Supreme Court was poised to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has been muted, marked by statements in support of overturning Roe and great caution to avoid placing abortion at the center of their campaigns.
“This was anticipated. Anybody in politics with two brain cells knew that this issue was going to come up at the end of June, most likely,” said Dave Carney, a New Hampshire-based Republican strategist. “So now, we have May and June — but there are 185 days until the election.”
Carney, who is consulting for Chuck Morse, the state Senate president seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), said Morse is “not running away from abortion” and has articulated his position when asked. But in a state where abortions are legal up to 24 weeks — and where polling shows the majority of voters favor some restrictions on the procedure — the campaign prefers to move on to other issues.
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