Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will receive the Margaret Sanger Award from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America on March 27 at the abortion provider's annual gala event. Not much excitement there. It will do her little good, because those aligned with Planned Parenthood and disposed to regard its founder, the eugenics advocate Sanger, as a heroine are already in Pelosi's corner. And those opposed, including pro-life Republicans and leaders of the Catholic Church, may be counted on to maintain a mysterious sphinx-like silence on the matter.
We in New Hampshire have "been there, done that."
In the year 2000, former U.S. Senator Gordon Humphrey was the Republican candidate for governor of New Hampshire, looking to unseat two-term incumbent Jeanne Shaheen. It was a battle of the undefeated, as neither Humphrey nor Shaheen had ever lost either a primary or general election. Humphrey's problem...