A Win Is A Win Is A Win

Since the Democrats might not have the moxie to defeat the Republicans in November—whether through failure to challenge rigged electronic votes, or an inability to present alternative policies, or a general unwillingness to articulate any coherent critique of Republican practices, not to mention their (the Democrats, that is) conspicuous absence of interest in the welfare of ordinary Americans—Lady Luck seems to have taken charge: The Tyrant's veto of stem cell research may mean that the Republicans snooker themselves. Recent polls, probably in error on the conservative side since how many people really have boned up on the potential of stem cell research (?), show a two to one majority in favor. And an aging population means almost everybody has someone in their family or knows someone who might benefit. Moreover, this veto gets at the Church/State nettle in a way people don't have to think too much about. Nobody wants an American Ayatollah, as Senator Tom Harkin puts it. Nor, indeed, should we ignore the mottled shadow thrown past us by Iran, which has developed stem cell lines for research since 2003.