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Posted at 10:12am on May 17, 2008 Wasp landing on Nettle Watch: NARAL screaming at itself over Obama endorsement.

Again, with the Pratchett references.

By Moe Lane

How totally uncool of me.

Anyway, it would appear (via Ed Morrissey of Hot Air) that we've got ourselves a Blue-on-Blue kind of firefight going on:

NARAL reeling from Obama endorsement
By BETH FRERKING | 5/16/08 2:02 PM EST

With the clock running down on a long-fought primary, NARAL Pro-Choice America leaders sent state affiliates reeling this week by endorsing Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. It was seen as a gratuitous slap in the face to a longtime ally, and it sparked a fear even closer to home: that the move will alienate donors loyal to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

Many on this week’s conference call were stunned on learning the news, making urgent pleas for the group to remain neutral until after the June 3 Democratic primaries.

“It’s created a firestorm,” said NARAL Pro-Choice New York President Kelli Conlin, who was on the conference call. “Everyone was mystified ... saying, ‘What is the upside for the organization? And, frankly, [there was] a lot of concern about the donor base. ... There was real concern there would be a backlash.”

There was a backlash, and it was swift, starting with NARAL’s own website. At last count, there were more than 3,300 comments in an electronic chat about the endorsement, the overwhelming majority of them negative. “Shame shame shame!” read one, with many correspondents threatening never to support NARAL financially again. “No more donations from me!!!” wrote another.

Not quite up to five exclamation points yet (yup, yet one more Pratchett reference), but give them time.

Read on.

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