{"id":64,"date":"2008-08-12T16:52:03","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T16:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/progressiverevival\/2008\/08\/will-the-dems-abortion-shift-g.html"},"modified":"2008-08-12T16:52:03","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T16:52:03","slug":"will-the-dems-abortion-shift-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2008\/08\/will-the-dems-abortion-shift-g.html","title":{"rendered":"Will the Dems’ Abortion Shift Attract Votes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Waldman doubts it<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

All in all, I’d say that this platform does NOT do what was necessary to win substantial numbers of Catholics or moderate evangelicals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What do the other Revivalists think? What do readers think? Will the Democrats’ proposed new language on abortion<\/a> in the party platform win over some values voters?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steve Waldman doubts it: All in all, I’d say that this platform does NOT do what was necessary to win substantial numbers of Catholics or moderate evangelicals. What do the other Revivalists think? What do readers think? Will the Democrats’ proposed new language on abortion in the party platform win over some values voters?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-election-08"],"yoast_head":"\nWill the Dems' Abortion Shift Attract Votes? - Progressive Revival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2008\/08\/will-the-dems-abortion-shift-g.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will the Dems' Abortion Shift Attract Votes? - Progressive Revival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steve Waldman doubts it: All in all, I’d say that this platform does NOT do what was necessary to win substantial numbers of Catholics or moderate evangelicals. 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