WASN'T THIS THE ISSUE DEMOCRATS WOULD RIDE TO POWER?:

Split Remains: NEWSWEEK Poll: A possibly revolutionary innovation in stem-cell research hasn’t changed American opinions on the topic (Arian Campo-Flores, 8/27/06, Newsweek)

According to the latest NEWSWEEK Poll, 48 percent of respondents favor federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, while 40 percent oppose it. That’s little different from the results of an October 2004 poll, taken in the heat of a presidential campaign, which found that 50 percent of registered voters favored the research and 36 percent opposed it.