It’s interesting; while the Dayton campaign is jumping up and down like a mountain baboon about Emmer’s supposed lack of specifics on the budget (so far), Dayton is being pretty vague on another wedge-y issue:

In direct conflict with FOCA, a Dayton spokesperson said in a WNMT Radio story Thursday that Dayton supports parental notification for minor girls before an abortion can be performed on them.

Well, that sounds almost…reasonable?

But FOCA would outlaw parental notification of any kind. And as a senator, Dayton voted twice against legislation to require parental notice when a minor is taken across state lines for an abortion, in violation of the law in the state in which they live. Planned Parenthood has fought fiercely at the Minnesota Legislature against parental notification bills for decades.

The “right” for a minor to an abortion without notifying parents (without the formality of a court order for situations where children have some legitimate and demonstrable fear of retribution from the parents) is one of the stretchier emanating penumbra of US Constitutional law…

Also at odds with FOCA, his spokesperson stated that Dayton also is opposed to “third-term abortions” (presumably thirdtrimester) with some exceptions. Planned Parenthood has never tolerated opposition to any abortion, for any reason or at any point in pregnancy. It fought long and hard against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which brought an end to the brutal method of abortion in which the child was killed moments before birth by puncturing the skull and suctioning out the brains, ensuring the birth of a dead baby. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act was passed by Congress in 2003; Dayton voted against it twice. How can he now oppose late-term abortions?

Because he says so.  That’s how.

Well, it seems to have worked so far.

“Has Dayton flip-flopped on his absolute opposition to parental notification, which is central to Planned Parenthood’s abortion advocacy? And does he suddenly regret his votes against the partial-birth abortion ban?” Fischbach asked. “If so, why would Planned Parenthood endorse a candidate who disagrees with its own agenda? His campaign appears to be in chaos, at least over the issue of protecting human life from abortion.”

The most important thing about Planned Parenthood’s endorsement, of course?  (Other than Dayton’s obvious, public waffle on abortion, naturally?)

The left’s assault on Target – because of a donation given to Tom Emmer, who supported a “Traditional Marriage” amendment and had a fictional, ginned-up association with fundamentalist ministry – now means that every single person, business and organization that supports Mark Dayton in any way thus endorses infanticide.

All of them.  No matter what they have shown via previous actions, much less their beliefs.

I mean, that’s the precedent, right?