ClydeR
08-24-2012, 07:55 PM
TAMPA, Fla. — Republicans next week will likely adopt what veteran platform writers said is the most conservative platform in their history after the drafting committee voted to keep strict pro-life, pro-defense and traditional marriage planks intact.
When the national convention’s 2,286 delegates and 2,125 alternates assemble Monday, each of them will find a printed form of the document on their seats and they will be asked to vote it up or down. They have always approved it in the past.
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He said Mitt Romney, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, didn’t push back against much of the document’s conservative bent as the platform waded into major constitutional controversies, Republican pet peeves and today’s political battles.
Among those current battles is the pro-life plank, which opposes abortion in all cases except in which the mother’s life is in danger. The topic is attracting extra attention this year after the party’s Senate nominee in Missouri — Rep. W. Todd Akin — this weekend asserted that women can avoid getting pregnant from “legitimate rape” because their bodies have ways of blocking it.
Other parts of the GOP’s platform include a call for women to be excluded from combat roles in the military, a demand that the federal government back the Defense of Marriage Act which denies federal recognition to same-sex marriages, and a call to audit the Federal Reserve — a nod to Mr. Paul, who competed for the GOP’s presidential nomination and whose supporters continued to push for his stances to be reflected in the platform.
They lost fights to weaken language on government detention powers under last year’s defense policy bill, and failed to strip provisions opposing gay marriage.
It should be available for us to discuss by the end of the day on Monday.
When the national convention’s 2,286 delegates and 2,125 alternates assemble Monday, each of them will find a printed form of the document on their seats and they will be asked to vote it up or down. They have always approved it in the past.
More... (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/21/gop-takes-extreme-platform-approach/)
He said Mitt Romney, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, didn’t push back against much of the document’s conservative bent as the platform waded into major constitutional controversies, Republican pet peeves and today’s political battles.
Among those current battles is the pro-life plank, which opposes abortion in all cases except in which the mother’s life is in danger. The topic is attracting extra attention this year after the party’s Senate nominee in Missouri — Rep. W. Todd Akin — this weekend asserted that women can avoid getting pregnant from “legitimate rape” because their bodies have ways of blocking it.
Other parts of the GOP’s platform include a call for women to be excluded from combat roles in the military, a demand that the federal government back the Defense of Marriage Act which denies federal recognition to same-sex marriages, and a call to audit the Federal Reserve — a nod to Mr. Paul, who competed for the GOP’s presidential nomination and whose supporters continued to push for his stances to be reflected in the platform.
They lost fights to weaken language on government detention powers under last year’s defense policy bill, and failed to strip provisions opposing gay marriage.
It should be available for us to discuss by the end of the day on Monday.