Rep. Paul Broun thinking about things that make him angry, like abortion and the lie from the pit of hell that is evolution.
Get out the popcorn, because things have the potential to get deliciously dramatic in the Republican Senate primary in Georgia. A new anti-abortion group, Georgia Life Alliance, is trying to wrest the title of National Right to Life Committee official state affiliate from Georgia Right to Life.
On the surface, the fight is over purity—Georgia Right to Life is hardcore about banning abortion even in cases of rape or incest, while Georgia Life Alliance isn't going to hold things up over that. That may not be the full story, though:
"You can't say what someone else's motives are," says Genevieve Wilson, a spokeswoman for Georgia Right to Life, the older group. "But it certainly looks like [the new group] has a political motivation behind it."
Leaders of each anti-abortion organization have a preferred candidate in the volatile, five-way contest to replace the retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Georgia Right to Life has endorsed GOP Rep. Paul Broun, a congressman since 2007. The new group, Georgia Life Alliance, which was formed two weeks ago, does not mention any candidates on its sparse website. But the group is supported by conservative RedState editor Erick Erickson, who has been outspoken in his support of Senate candidate Karen Handel in this race and during her 2010 campaign for governor.
That's Paul
"lies from the pit of hell" Broun and Karen "
defund mammograms" Handel;
a poll earlier in the month put Broun ahead in the primary. Having dueling anti-abortion groups take up this argument is likely to be a distraction from issues that many Georgia voters want to hear about, and an opportunity for the candidates to go overboard in their abortion focus, even by Georgia standards.