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As anyone who has been following politics for a while knows, Senator John McCain has long been an advocate of changing the Republican Party’s platform with respect to abortion. In 2000, he went head to head with then Gov George Bush in a debate on CNN on February 15 where he pushed for the addition of an exception for rape, incest and the life of the mother. During this election cycle, he reiterated his support for this language. Then, recently he has opted to take a hands-off approach to the party’s platform. He is allowing the RNC, with input from the public, to dictate the party’s platform. This almost certainly means that the exception language will not be added.

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Yet another poll, this time the LA Times/Bloomberg poll, puts this race in a statistical tie. Obama now only “leads” 45 – 43% (with 10% undecided). The two percent difference is well within the margin of 3%. The “negative ads” (also known in the real world as contrast ads) have been working.

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Over the course of the last couple of months I have made a conscious effort to move from a typical online pundit (of the highly amateur variety) into much more of an activist. I’ve increased the number of state specific blogs. I’ve also started to call and write to my Congressman and Senators on issues that I find important. One such issue is energy. We are in the midst of a five week vacation in the U.S. House of Representatives (The Senate is “technically” in session, but they’ve flown the coop too.)

Last night, I utilized FreedomWorks to send this letter to Representative Todd Akin and Senators Claire McCaskill (D) and Kit Bond (R).

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