I got into abortion here as a response to a comment.

I have not argued the issue at all – just pointed out that the public opinion (which is that Roe v Wade is the law) is a compromise but is not the law, and that the current state of the law is not a compromise – there is nothing that the pro-choice side hasn’t won completely in the courts.

In any case, abortion is a factor in this election and denying that won’t make it go away, There are people of strong opinions who care about Supreme Court Justice nominations primarily because of the potential impact on abortion law (which is completely handed down from on high by SCOTUS). 4,000,000 evangelicals sat out the 2000 election. I don’t think they will sit out this one.

As far as the media going nuts… so what’s new? Conservatives encounter this all the time – and not just during elections. Look at all the lies about the Iraq War, and the quickness to hop on bad news (a dust storm turned it into a Vietnam quagmire).

Strangely, the left has not made abortion a big issue. Estrich has not gone into the usual abortion arguments. That’s fine with me.