Tuesday's special election in Massachusetts for the U.S. Senate pits Republican State Senator Scott Brown against Democrat State Attorney General Martha Coakley. The seat has been held by a Democrat since 1962 and the idea that a Republican could win was considered ludicrous...until recently. The momentum seems to be all Brown's as the election nears, with a recent poll giving him a four-point lead. Should Brown actually win -- and President Obama will visit Massachusetts on Sunday to try to prevent this -- the repercussions will be significant. It would remove the Democrats' super majority and give the Republicans the ability to use the filibuster. This could stop health care reform and other Democrat legislation in its tracks.
Coakley, by the way, seems to shoot herself in the foot whenever possible. Yesterday she made the remarkable statement that those who for religious reasons (that is, Catholics) don't want to give rape victims an abortifacient, shouldn't work in emergency rooms. A pro-abortion Catholic -- assuming such an animal can actually exist -- Coakley pushes the abortion agenda at every opportunity. Click here to read the article from the Catholic News Agency.
By the way, Brown's earlier proposed legislation was for contraceptives not abortifacients, and also included a conscience clause for pro-life emergency room personnel.
Should be an interesting election.
The occasional, often ill-considered thoughts of a Roman Catholic permanent deacon who is ever grateful to God for his existence. Despite the strangeness we encounter in this life, all the suffering we witness and endure, being is good, so good I am sometimes unable to contain my joy. Deo gratias!
Although I am an ordained deacon of the Catholic Church, the opinions expressed in this blog are my personal opinions. In offering these personal opinions I am not acting as a representative of the Church or any Church organization.
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