Formerly known as the National Abortion Rights Action League, it has been taking some severe flak from female Clinton supporters for their endorsement yesterday of Barack Obama.
NARAL said it took the action because it was clear Obama was going to be the nominee and it hoped to help heal the divisions that have split female Clinton supporters and African Americans.
I hope they can do that, but the vitriol in comments on their Web site is pretty remarkable. I stopped reading after awhile, and as a 'sphere veteran, I've got a strong stomach.
What really got me though was hearing Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz on the News Hour last night warning in a very stern voice that NARAL would be subject to severe retaliation for the "betrayal."
W-S herself is not exactly a clean pol, she's been under fire in from progressives for refusing to support two liberal Democrats running against Republican incumbents in her home state of Florida because, she says, the Florida delegation values its collegial relationships.
Anyway, I sent NARAL a small check and a supportive note. You can go here to do either or both.
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