NARAL has endorsed Barack Obama, late in the campaign and explicitly because he's going to win the nomination.
Wow. That's some real courage there.
But NARAL's been dead to me for a while. Probably the key moment was when it endorsed Joe Lieberman over Democratic nominee Ned Lamont. The Connecticut branch of NARAL endorsed Lamont, on the grounds that Lieberman voted for Samuel Alito and supports rights-of-conscience of hospitals to deny emergency contraception to rape victims, and Lamont was 100% on their checklist. But the national organization (as well as Planned Parenthood) endorsed Lieberman despite his record. They've become part of Beltway culture, where incumbency counts for more than your record does.
So, y'know, until NARAL-national actually works for its goals and takes some risks instead of just participating in Washington politics, they can go suck it.
Posted by Greg at May 14, 2008 3:51 PM