In Indiana, the Wall Street Journal reports that pressure continues to mount on Senate candidate Brad Ellsworth and right now, he looks like a deer caught in the headlinghts.
Mr. Ellsworth is one of about a dozen undecided Democrats who hold the fate of the Obama administration health-care bill in their hands.The pressure on those undecided is intense—from House leaders to outside pressure groups to President Barack Obama himself—and Mr. Ellsworth is in an especially difficult spot. Unlike when he voted for the House bill that passed Nov. 7, he is now running for the U.S. Senate. With his next vote, he risks alienating the anti-abortion constituency that has buoyed his remarkable political ascent, or the party under whose flag he hopes to run this year. “It’s the classic double-edged sword,” said Brian Howey, publisher of the Howey Politics Indiana Web site and a political columnist for 25 years. “If he votes for [the health-care bill], he will lose support on the right, and if he votes against it, he will lose support from the moderates and the [liberal] types. Right now, he’s like a deer caught in the headlights.”…. Mike Fichter, chief executive of Indiana Right to Life, said that if Mr. Ellsworth votes for the bill, “it would be a broken promise and we would deeply regret that.” He added: “We will make sure everyone in Indiana knows that.”












