Latest State Polls Show McCain Comeback, Must Win Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- New state polls released over the weekend show presidential hopeful John McCain making a comeback against his pro-abortion rival Barack Obama. While McCain is looking better in some of the key battleground states, to win the electoral college he needs help in three more. The respected Mason-Dixon polling firm released surveys on Sunday showing McCain with leads of two percent in Ohio, three percent in North Carolina, and one percent in Missouri. Friday polls from various polling firms show McCain with leads of three and five percent in Georgia, 13 in West Virginia, three and four percent in Montana, one percent in North Dakota, and a tie in Indiana. Adding those states to the McCain column decreases the potential electoral college lead Obama could have on election night, but it is not enough to get McCain over the 270 electoral votes he needs to win the election. That's because McCain trails in three other states that, if he wins them, would put him over the top -- Florida, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. A Sunday Mason-Dixon poll shows McCain trailing Obama by three in Virginia, a Saturday Rasmussen poll has McCain down four points in Pennsylvania, and two polls show McCain trailing in Florida by two and four points respectively. A loss of any of the three states and it's almost a guarantee that McCain will lose the election. That's because he's behind in too many other states that require him to carry Pennsylvania and its 21 electoral college votes. Full story at LifeNews.com
New National Poll: Obama Loses Two Percent to McCain, Ahead by Just Two
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new national daily tracking poll from the pollster that had the most accurate results of the 2004 presidential elections shows more movement towards John McCain. Barack Obama, the pro-abortion candidate, lost two percentage points from his 4.5 percent lead on Saturday. The new Investors Business Daily poll shows him dropping to a 2.1 percentage point lead over McCain. Obama now leads by a small 46.7 to 44.6 percentage point margin with 8.7 percent of Americans still undecided. With the margin of error at 3.4 percentage points, the race is essentially tied. The results are good news for McCain because he has cut into Obama's lead even though the IBD poll has finally got younger voters represented the way political observers expect they will go. "The race tightened again Sunday as independents who'd been leaning to Obama shifted to McCain to leave that key group a toss-up," the newspaper reported. "McCain also pulled even in the Midwest, moved back into the lead with men, padded his gains among Protestants and Catholics, and is favored for the first time by high school graduates." Those are all key groups in the states McCain must win to propel himself to victory on Tuesday. Full story at LifeNews.com
Washington Times Calls Barack Obama "Liar" on Abortion, Backs John McCain
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Washington Times didn't mess around in a Sunday editorial talking about Barack Obama and his position on abortion. The newspaper called the presidential candidate a "liar" for misleading voters about his votes against an anti-infanticide bill when he served in the Illinois legislature. The issue concerns the various version of the born alive bill that Obama voted against as a state lawmaker. The measure came up after Chicago-area nurse Jill Stanek exposed the practice of "life-birth abortions" where babies born alive after a failed abortion or purposefully birthed prematurely were left to die at her hospital. The bill mandated appropriate medical care for the newborns, but Obama voted against it. He claimed the bill would run afoul of Roe v. Wade -- yet legislative documents show he voted against the bill even after voting for an amendment to make the legislation Roe neutral. In an editorial entitled, "Obama is a 'liar' on abortion," the Washington Times discusses the events in depth. "If you want to know Barack Obama's real views on abortion, you should meet registered nurse Jill Stanek," the Times says. After recounting the events leading up to the legislation, the Times noted that Obama would only go as far as telling Stanek that "comfort care" -- giving the infant a warm blanket and permitting the baby to be held by someone -- as she dies. "This is the most Mr. Obama could find in his heart to provide - a warm blanket for a child grasping for life," the Times wrote. Full story at LifeNews.com
Poll: Barack Obama Unable to Win Churchgoing Americans Due to Abortion
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Barack Obama tried speaking their language and made repeated overtures to active church-going American voters during the election. Yet, the latest Gallup poll shows them backing John McCain in similar levels as prior presidential elections and abortion appears to be the reason why. Obama has talked about reducing abortions, but the most active Catholic and evangelical voters didn't buy the rhetoric it appears. The apparently got the message that Obama supports unlimited abortions throughout pregnancy, wants abortions paid for with taxpayer funds, and favors a bill that would overturn pro-life laws and measures that reduce abortions nationwide. A new Gallup poll finds Obama supported by just 28 percent of those voters who attend church on a weekly basis. That's a one percent drop from the 29 percent of those voters -- who make up one-third of the American electorate -- that John Kerry captured in the 2004 election and Al Gore won in 2000. Pollster John Green of the Pew Forum calls the fact that pro-abortion candidates fail to win even 30 percent of the most religious voters in America a "religion gap." Why did Obama fail to convert more pro-life religious voters to his side? Abortion appears to be the answer. Full story at LifeNews.com
Baja, Mexico Guarantees Right to Life After Mexico City Allows Abortions
Baja, Mexico (LifeNews.com) -- Baja California has become the third Mexican state, after Sonora and Chihuahua, to reform its constitution to guarantee a right to life following the legalization of abortion in Mexico City. Representatives from all major political parties voted to amend the state's constitution to protect human life "from conception to natural death, without exceptions." In August, the Mexico Supreme Court upheld a law legalizing abortion in the federal district for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. "This tragedy we are living in Mexico City is going to spread to other states," Jorge Serrano, director of the nation's largest pro-life group, told AP following the Supreme Court's decision, calling the ruling "a betrayal of the right to life." So far, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Baja California have been proactive in trying to prevent abortion being legalized in their territories. President Felipe Calderon, who is pro-life, has said he would not sign a law to allow abortions throughout the country, but that could change if he is defeated by a pro-abortion candidate in the next election.
North Dakota Indian Tribe Approves Ban on Abortions, Comes Under Fire
Belcourt, ND (LifeNews.com) -- A recent resolution by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa banning abortions is coming under scrutiny. According to the Grand Forks Herald, four tribal council members approved the resolution in September, which states that "absolutely under no circumstances will abortions be performed and allowed within any private or public facility within the boundaries of the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation and other lands under the jurisdiction of the tribe," and that "the Governing Body faithfully believes that life is sacred and begins at the moment of conception between a man and a woman and life to (sic) protected at all levels affirming natural law and reasoning;" and says "pro-life is a universal issue of common sense, moral righteousness for the common good of life." The tribe only has one hospital and clinic in its jurisdiction, the Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Health Facility, which is run by Indian Health Services. The IHS is required to follow federal law, and is not subject to tribal regulations although resolutions are accommodated, when possible, Ray Grandbois, associate area director of IHS in Aberdeen, SD, told the Grand Forks Herald. While Grandbois was uncertain as to how the resolution would be received by IHS, he said that no abortions of any kind had been performed in recent years at the Belcourt hospital.
