Hubris Rushes In:

Now that Republican lawmakers have passed their anti-health-care measure in the the U.S. House of Representatives, conservative legislatures and governors around the country are feeling their oats. They know they can do nothing about the economy, the real reason they've won sweeping elections, so they are turning to that old social war-horse: abortions.

Erick Eckholm reports on the status of the anti-women's movement as it plays out in many state capitols around the nation in today's New York Times. The anti-abortion movement plays on superstition, fear, bigotry, and ignorance to blind the electorate to the ineptitude of governing officials to take serious action to improve the flailing economy while at the same time further fostering the right-wing's class warfare program.