Centrism in Senate race doesn't faze the base

Mark Udall accepts drilling. Bob Schaffer opposes the personhood amendment. By Michael Riley The Denver Post When Democrat Mark Udall reversed his position on offshore drilling, the League of Conservation Voters, one of his biggest supporters, said it was a terrible idea, then rushed to reaffirm its support for the U.S. Senate candidate. When Republican Bob Schaffer, a staunch values conservative who once compared embryonic stem-cell research to Nazi medical experiments, came out in opposition to this year's personhood amendment, the party's anti-abortion base hardly blinked. "He made a calculated risk," said Patrick Davis, a Colorado Springs consultant who works closely with anti-abortion groups. The Republican Senate candidate, Davis said, understood that many of the state's conservatives were "going to say 'I know what... [read full story]