The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Monday, March 07, 2005  

GETTING IT WRONG AT THE DAILY NEWS
An Off Day for Signe Wilkinson

Signe Wilkinson, editorial cartoonist at the Philadelphia Daily News, is more than a little off base today, offering readers a cartoon that suggests the potential -- and at this point still hypothetical -- U.S. Senate race between incumbent Rick Santorum (R) and Pennsylvania State Treasurer Robert Casey (D) is nothing more than a referendum on abortion.

Wilkinson is capable of far better work than this. I look forward to the return of her more astute and perspicacious side.

As a resident of Pennsylvania who watched in dismay last fall as the candidacy of former Rep. Joe Hoeffel (D), a staunch pro-choice advocate, was sacrificed on the altar of abortion rights so that we might “enjoy” six more years of the sickly Sen. Arlen Specter (R), may I dare to suggest that the campaign for full reproductive rights lies largely, and best, in the hands of the very many interest groups promoting that worthy agenda and not within the Democratic Party itself?

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