ONE-EYED AL:

The Debut of the Six Amigos (Douglas Kiker and Steve Chaggaris, Jan. 22, 2003, CBS)

Tuesday night's NARAL Pro-Choice America celebration of the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade brought together, for the first time, the six Democrats who've officially thrown their hats in the presidential ring for 2004. [...]

Rev. Al Sharpton, fresh off filing his presidential committee papers with the Federal Elections Commission, followed Edwards – and nearly brought the house down with his revival-tent style oratory. "If America is to be America, we must protect women's rights to choose for themselves," Sharpton said. (Note to Democrats: Sharpton's ability to fire up a crowd, particularly a partisan crowd like the one at the Omni Shoreham last night, should not be underestimated as the presidential campaign wears on.)

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who is also a doctor of internal medicine, bragged that his state is the "promised land" for abortion-rights supporters. He also attacked the politically loaded term "partial-birth abortion" with as "designed to illicit fear" and added, to a roar from the crowd: "Using the words partial birth abortion divides us by conscience."

What's more amusing, that the only candidate with a pulse is unelectable or that Howard Dean thinks it inappropriate to appeal to conscience on moral issues? Posted by Orrin Judd at January 22, 2003 1:55 PM