First Tuesday After the First Monday | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The reason politicians and political consultants go with tested messages is that they are aimed at the low hanging fruit, the partisan activists. (although you are right about General Clark, who I also supported and who is a faithful Clinton retainer - so he is staying out this time). That is why abortion language is polarizing on both sides - it is successful in driving the base to the polls. As long as teachers fill most of the female delegate slots at the DNC, support for abortion rights (not necessarily abortion itself - and it is a distinction with a difference) will be important to the Democrats - but mostly at conventions. Sadly, Trump probably likes illegal immigration (I doubt most of his workers or contractors who are immigrants are documented), but some focus group said this was good.
As for black lives matter, all lives matter does not get the gist. Young lives matter would be a better substitute if you want a bigger universe. Of course, when there is school shooting, it always seems to be a mentally disturbed white male youth. Still, BLM is a current movement, not something polled. It is also designed for low hanging fruit.
What Presidents really do, aside from drone attacks against brown people and trade treaties, is tax policy (the spending side is mostly inertia). I say that not just because I am a tax geek - the big issues really discussed are all about taxes (even health care reform - how its funded by what is essentially a VAT is all important in the desire to repeal it). If the Church wants to have leadership in politics, it will abandon the inside baseball of abortion politics and really get into tax policy, say by supporting an expanded child tax credit. If unborn black lives matter, that is the best way to show it.
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