According to today's Star-Ledger, Doug Forrester was against it before he was for it. In other words, Doug Forrester is now strongly in favor of embryonic stem cell research.
In an attempt to blunt the force of an issue that put him on the wrong side of the majority of New Jersey voters and also made his claims of being a pro-choice candidate sound false, Doug Forrester now says:
"I've made my position very clear, that, full-speed ahead with embryonic and adult stem-cell research," Forrester said during a news conference on the front lawn of the home of a Republican committeeman in Paramus. "The ethical reservations have been surpassed by science. God bless the medical scientists."
Weeks ago, in a radio-only debate between Republican candidate Doug Forrester and Democratic candidate Jon Corzine, Senator Corzine pressed Forrester to state specifically whether he supported embryonic stem cell research; Forrester simply would not say the word "embryonic".
In the first debate, televised on NJN, Forrester had stated clearly that he opposed embryonic stem cell research and made the claim that scientists agreed that adult stem cell research was the most promising avenue to pursue.
Could this newfound liberal philosophy of Forrester's have anything to do with a new Corzine TV ad showing a young man in a wheelchair talking about embryonic stem cell research and endorsing Senator Corzine? Could it have anything to do with the latest polls?
I hope people will forgive me for being cynical about this "evolution" that Forrester has undergone. Stem cell research hasn't changed since he confidently proclaimed that embryonic stem cell research was a dead end, but adult stem cell research is the way to go. The only thing that has changed are the polls.
