"Extremely foolish" Democrats

Democrats, and pro-abortion forces, are constantly chiding Republicans for what they call extreme, vehement, hostile opposition to abortion, but recent news articles have indicated that, since their election loss, Democrats have been re-thinking their own strident advocacy of abortion rights. Which is why you would assume that the news that pro-life former Congressman Tim Roemer's decision to run for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee would be welcome news, right?

Guess again. Phil Johnston, chairman of the Masachusetts Democratic Party, has labeled the candidacy of Roemer "extremely foolish." Johnston said, "The fact that we lost the 2004 presidential race by a narrow margin should not result in the abandonment of our party's core principles."

So much for re-thinking the party's position. Of course, Republicans can start abandoning their core principles -- like the belief in the right to life, also enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States -- any day now.