It creates a diversion in the news from all the fuck ups the Joke administration has made, from inflation, to the economy, to immigration, and everything inbetween.
The only joke here is that you think this administration fucked up a shitty economy that Trump left behind because both you and Trump couldn't keep your big, fat fucking mouths shut about COVID.
Everyone understands this economy is because of how YOU fucked it up.
It stirs up the Left's base at a time when apathy is high among Democrat voters about the midterms
So you would argue that it wouldn't stir up the base an equal amount if it was released in June?
Also, before the decision was leaked by Ginni Thomas, polling showed that the GOP lost their generic ballot advantage:
WAPO/ABC Generic Ballot Poll Shifts 11 Points, Dems Now Lead
http://www.loscerritosnews.net/2022...c-ballot-poll-shifts-18-points-dems-now-lead/
So that's probably why Ginni Thomas leaked it...because she wanted to shore up GOP support after seeing the GOP's 10 point generic ballot lead from Q4 2021 completely evaporate.
It gives the Left a wedge issue for the midterms where they had virtually none before
Ummm...it would be the same wedge issue if the decision was released in June vs. leaked in May.
The timing makes no sense for the Democrats since they would want this to come closer to the election so they could capitalize on it.
As a political act, it does nothing to further Conservative causes.
Sure it does...it gets this terrible decision in and out of the news cycle and it gives the corrupted GOP and opportunity to feign outrage over Ginni Thomas leaking it.
The Right was going to see this as a win when the decision came out in any case so there was no need to leak it.
No, the GOP is petrified of a repeat of 2018, so they wanted to throw mud all over their own decision and make it about the phony leak and not the illogical, wildly contradictory, and unpopular position of banning abortion.
Only the Left has potential benefit from leaking this decision.
Nothing you listed there is a benefit to the Left.
In fact, the Left probably wanted this decision to come down as close to the general election in November as possible.
Thomas' gamble is that people will be fatigued about abortion by the time the formal decision is released.