Nv5wj.jpg (JPEG Image, 680 × 510 pixels) - Scaled (34. From Prop. 8 to birth control, Santorum leads the culture war. Proposition 8! Catholics and birth control! Susan G. Komen and Planned Parenthood! Could Rick Santorum have asked for a better confluence of controversies? The man and the moment seem to have collided and the man is Santorum, not Mitt Romney. While he can still make a tenuous claim to being the Republican front-runner, Romney can't say this is the campaign he expected or is best positioned to exploit. The 2012 election was supposed to be about jobs and the economy and, though that will still be central, the dynamic has shifted.
Meanwhile, the culture war has gone hot: • The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that California Proposition 8’s gay marriage ban is unconstitutional and the issue is heading to the Supreme Court. • In Washington state, the legislature has just legalized same-sex marriage and the issue may be on the November ballot in Maine and New Jersey. • The Susan G.
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