Days after their face-to-face in Philadelphia, Kamala Harris and her cohorts are confirming again exactly what their top strategy is to beat Donald Trump.  I’ve put it bluntly before: she wants to rise to the pinnacle of the presidency on a mound of bodies of aborted babies.
 
It’s not just her words and her tour bus across Florida. Kamala summons more emotion talking about abortion than she does on any other subject, including the economy, crime, and the struggles of everyday Americans. Her go-to, time and again, is the phrase spawned by Madison Avenue ad agencies — a woman should have the right to control her own body.  Whatever one thinks of the scientific or medical accuracy of the phrase, it has broad appeal to women, especially in a feminist-saturated culture.
 
Of course, that isn’t the end of the debate.  It leaves out the most important person, the one with the highest stake in the outcome, the one to be killed. The omission is sad and depressing.  It enables us to travel down the dark road of a million U.S. abortions a year without ever contemplating what we’re doing.  To say the obvious, pregnancy is simple science. If you are a man, in your lifetime, only one heart will ever beat inside your chest.  If you are a woman, it is usually one, but if you are with child, it will be two — with the second beating inside the chest of a little boy or girl brand new to this world.
 
We have reviewed it many times, but again, this is what the science says:
 

• Four weeks after conception, the embryo’s heart starts beating, circulating oxygen-bearing blood throughout its body.

• That same week, the neural tube forms, which will become the baby’s brain and spinal cord.

• Seven weeks after conception, brain waves can be detected.

• By ten weeks after conception, the fetal heart has beat more than 10 million times.

• By 13 weeks after conception, the latest evidence shows the developing fetus can feel pain.

• Week after week beyond, the child moves protectively when a twin is present, reacts to foods the mother eats, has sleep and wake cycles, exchanges cells with the mother that protects them both, yawns and blinks — rapidly and relentlessly growing.

 
Imagine one of the “moderators” at the ABC News-sponsored debate asking Kamala a follow-up stating some of these facts. Well, you’ll have to imagine it, because it will never happen.  We’ve all heard about the forgotten man in our politics.  This is the forgotten child.
 
 
 
Harris Won The Pundits: Trump Won The People?
 
Speaking of the debate and its aftermath, did you notice something about what turned into a 3-on-1 pile-up on former President Trump?  There was a distinct pattern to the questioning. Whether it was David Muir or Linsey Davis, the ABC News moderators skillfully began round after round by challenging Trump over something he allegedly said or did, and asking, “Do you still believe that?” Then the moderator would turn to Harris and ask her to comment on the same assertion.  Slate and other far-left outlets loved the outcome.
 
In the wake of the debate, the media, including some of the conservative networks like Fox, roundly concluded Harris, who lofted herself over a very low-expectation bar, had won.  Well, oddly enough, 36 hours after the event no major poll has been released showing Harris gained ground from the encounter.  In fact, some anecdotal evidence suggests the contrary. The chattering class may have it all wrong.
 
Over at CNN, which conducted a flash poll of 605 voters before and after the debate, a sizable majority (63%) thought Harris turned in the stronger performance.  But numbers on whether she had gained votes as a result were far murkier, and when it came to what voters list as their top two policy concerns nationally, Trump was preferred by wide margins.  On immigration, voters favored Trump’s responses by 56-33%; on the economy, the margin was similar, 55% to 35% for Trump.
 
Meanwhile, at Reuters, a “focus group” of 10 undecided voters were asked their reaction to the debate. The result wasn’t at all cheerful for the sitting vice president. Six of the voters said they would now vote for Trump or were leaning toward him.  Only three said the same for Harris, and one remained undecided.
 
NPR was its usual self, except for its conclusion.  After offering four “takeaways” from the debate that painted Harris as a combination of JFK and a Greek orator, NPR offered this stunning fifth takeaway: “Harris Has Done Everything Right — and Could Still Lose.” It goes on to note how small the margins are in seven swing states this election, and that these states are “more conservative than the country at large.” They also note how Americans view Trump as stronger not only on immigration and the economy, but war in the Middle East.
 
Pundits have pointed out in past elections how debate results often have no predictive effect on election results. The reason isn’t all that complex. If you are a former steelworker watching a debate and the plant where you labored and supported your family is now in China; if you are a woman afraid to go out at night in a city that is now rife with crime and outdoor drug use; if you are a single mother with a child trapped in a union-dominated, inner-city school and the party you’ve supported blocks your access to a voucher — if you are living in the real world created by the Democrats’ policies on immigration, wild spending, taxes, lack of law enforcement, values collapse, and more, maybe Kamala Harris’s good night at the podium isn’t what drives your vote.
 
Maybe instead you see a candidate who, despite some flaws, will fight for you.  Someone who thinks of his own nation and people first and wants you to have a better and safer life.
 
 
 
Defending Faith, Family, & Freedom
 
In this week’s Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom podcast for the James Dobson Family Institute, I challenge American pastors to give an election sermon. I also share a brief sermon by Cornerstone Chapel Pastor Gary Hamrick on the true intent of the separation of church and state.
 
 
Listen to the podcast here.