Dean says Dems must lure back voters

You might want to check out a recent article in USA Today (the link is via Yahoo) where the head of the Democratic Party says that the dems need to lure back voters that may have abondoned them over values. One thing prominently mentioned is the controversial partial birth abortions. I understand that many Dems are pro-life, although I think that wing of the party has too much power for their own good, something I think they would support anyone as long as they are pro choice or pro abortion, whichever you prefer. But I have always been baffled over there resistance to outlawing partial birth abortion. It is a particularly gruesome procedure, and absolutely polarizes the oppostion to abortion and it is rarely performed so why waste time fighting it? I suppose they support the same theory as the NRA, the whole slippery slope argument thats use by the NRA has similarly defied logic at times (think teflon coated bullets- in case you get attacked by a deer in a kevlar vest, that will probably occur during the same year that they find WMD's in Iraq and that OJ finds the real killers so stay close to your TV for that to happen soon!)

I personally think they have made the mistake of just attacking President Bush's plans and the key Republicans plans rather than offering an improvement. One good example is Nancy Pelosi basically telling dems, if I recall correctly, that they basically should not offer a social security plan but instead just attack the presidents plan. Not too smart for the party in second place.

Here is the link:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&ncid=716&e=22&u=/usatoday/20050415/ts_usatoday/deandemsmustlurebackvoters