A campaign spokesman for Wendy Davis said that her description of herself, a radical pro-abortion candidate, as “pro-life” was “taken out of context.” Of course, this was after she was hammered for calling herself pro-life in South Texas.
For those keeping track, this is Davis’s second time bailing on a campaign strategy that has blown up in her face. First she thought she would ride her radical pro-abortion position to victory. That backfired badly. Then she thought she could re-brand her radical pro-abortion position as “pro-life”. Same result.
Now she’s singing her third different tune. She said, in the context of abortion, “I don’t think most people are single-issue voters. I am certainly not a single-issue candidate.” Priceless.
Let’s review. Davis has gone from thinking she can run on abortion, to thinking she can re-brand abortion, to asking people to, pretty please, think about other issues now. Her new position is a tacit admission that she finally realizes something folks not part of The Jackass Patrol – Battleground Texas – could have told her a long time ago: if this campaign is about abortion, she loses, and badly.
Glad these folks are calibrating to the Lone Star state. Maybe next they’ll turn her on to Vladamir Lenin’s statement, “It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.” Yes, they are almost sure to see to brilliance in running Davis on, “Texas has too much liberty.”