Hafer Endorses Casey
Jun 7th, 2005 at 2:13 pm by Susie
Got this fundraising letter from the pro-choice Barbara Hafer, who dropped out of the PA senatorial primary to support Bob Casey:
A great deal has been made of the issues where Bob Casey and I don’t see eye to eye … but that doesn’t tell the whole story. I know that Bob is acutely aware of the pain that a lack of access to family planning can cause to women and families - it’s why he supports public funding of these services and contraceptive equity in health insurance coverage. Bob is also a strong advocate of health care and nutrition programs for women and children.
In fact, on issue after issue of concern to women and families, Bob Casey has stood with us. You may not know that Bob worked in state government to support women who are victims of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault. As a nurse and as the former Executive Director of the Center for Victims of Violent Crime in Allegheny County I’ve witnessed more than my share of pain and tragedy, that’s why Bob’s record in this area tells me a great deal about the kind of person he really is.
Just in case you were wondering. Or not.
That is a very interesting letter. it has been my experience that it doesn’t matter how good a Democrat is on all the other women’s issues if he/she isn’t in favor of abortion. You can score 100% on every other issue, but if you lose on that one, the money dries up and your chances of winning the primary slim greatly.
Are Democrats in PA going to be the exception to the rule? Is there anyone else still in the primary race; or is there likely to be? This will actually be quite interesting to watch.