Obsession with social issues hurts Senator Uterus

Here’s one measure of President Obama’s immense political talent, and of the force, compassion and eloquence with which he communicated his message of hope to a beleaguered nation in 2008: Obama’s coattails that year were enough to sweep even Mark Udall into the U.S. Senate.

Udall is running as an extremist on abortion, oddly obsessed with women’s sex lives and their menstrual cycle. Colorado’s voters are punishing him for it: Udall has fallen below 40 percent in the latest Quinnipiac poll and is probably among the three most endangered Senators this year.