Here's the lede: Grab the oven mitts. The closer we get midterm elections, political hot potatoes, gay marriage, stem cell research and lots of others get even hotter.
CNN's Candy Crowley looks at the power of single issues to divide and conquer at the ballot box.
The piece then goes on to focus on the stem cell ballot initiative, presenting both sides. But it then presents this analysis: "Despite a split in his party over stem cell research, Jim Talent may benefit from the loudest buzz and the most passion, fueled by a national organization which galvanizes voters on social and moral issues."
Then it includes this exchange, according to CNN transcripts:
REVEREND RICK SCARBOROUGH, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, VISION AMERICA: I am not afraid of losing an election. I am afraid of the church not showing up!
CROWLEY: The conservative base is out in force. The initiative has been the focus of rallies and the topic of discussion in churches.
REVEREND DOUG ZIMMERMAN, HARVEST COMMUNITY CHURCH: The fire wasn't burning before. But there was just a lot of excitement generated by that. The one guy said, "I have got 10 people I can tell." So, that's -- I think that's the idea behind it.
CROWLEY: The evidence suggests ballot initiatives drive up turn- out by about 1.5 percent; one way or another, enough to make a difference in Missouri.
They are talking stem cells and implying that the ballot initiative could now HELP Talent.
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