A couple of related items caught my eye.
First, people polled by Pew Research said that they were more interested in party platforms than convention speeches.
Then, new services started reporting some potentially controversial aspects of the Dem platform:
1. For the first time ever, making no mention of God in the platform … much to the delight of the atheist groups and raising the question “How Will Christian Democrats React?”
2. The platform directly endorsed tax payer funded abortions: “The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports … a woman’s right to … a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay.” Pundits are saying that “regardless of ability to pay” is an endorsement of taxpayer-funded abortions (thru Medicaid and ObamaCare), a policy that President Obama has personally endorsed. According to a 2009 Quinnipiac poll, 72 percent of voters oppose public funding of abortion and 23 percent support it.
3. The platform doesn’t state that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Pundits are saying that’s a nuanced but significant a change from prior years that “could provide fuel to critics who say President Barack Obama’s commitment to Israel is weak.”
It will be interesting to see how much play these issues get in the mainstream media.
I’m betting the under …
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