I can't say that I blame you. My point was that I don't think that the FR feuds over the TS case are in any way indicative of a growing trend in the GOP (with a caveat). I will continue to support President Bush on the WOT and GOP congresscritters whenever they decide to stop talking abou the nuclear option and actually do something.
But I think that the TS case has prematurely exposed the pro-choice element of the GOP (anecdotally here on FR) and as such should give pause to anyone concerned about judges. The big tent may be housing fiscal conservatives who were drawn in when RR was President but there hasn't been a time in history like now where the issue of life has been more pressing since 1973.
The question is: Is the right to life a Republican party position? And if so, should the party define it?
I agree with you, and think you ask some good questions.
But officially, the party has 'defined it' very clearly ever since Reagan. The Republican Party Platform is solidly pro-life.
The problem is that too may of our elected leaders have only paid lip service, and have neither led nor acted when the rubber really met the road.