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Just in case you thought abortion wasn't going to be the biggest issue in the election campaign, Joe Biden is making it clear that it will be. The day after the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the 6-week ban passed by the state legislature is fine and dandy, Biden released this ad:
In the ad, Trump brags that for 54 years the anti-abortion forces tried to overturn Roe v. Wade and he finally did it and is proud of it. Then Biden says he wants to make the right to choose legal nationwide. Although he carefully does not use the word "abortion" in the ad, it is pretty clear what he means. The ad makes it pretty black and white and is part of a $30 million ad blitz that will run in seven swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Given that about two-thirds of the country wants abortion to be legal, making the election about abortion is something Democrats want to do but Republicans do not. But if Democrats spend millions on ads focusing on abortion, like the one above, Republicans are going to have to deal with it.
Trump is trying hard to avoid taking a position on what kind of abortion ban is preferable. The problem is that a referendum on abortion will be on the ballot in Florida and he is going to be constantly asked if he will vote for it. There is no good answer, because "yes" will alienate his base and "no" will alienate the suburban women everyone is lusting after. "I don't know yet" is going to alienate everyone. (V)