[Cold Heat]

You apparently consider people who favor "self-determination" on abortion, quotas and set-asides as your "fellow conservatives." I don't.

I'm not lettin that one get by me.

I read that stuff, and I saw it as referring to federalism which is indeed a conservative principle, or at least it once was. It seems the current right wing could care less about States rights, as evidenced by the Shiavo debacle in Florida.

I'm afraid you folk don't speak for this republican, and by golly there are a lot of us out here and you are just ignoring it to your peril. We just don't make a lot of noise all the time like some.

So carry on!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I didn't mean to offend you or others, but in the case of set-asides and quotas, she helped push through a bar association resolution advocating them - federalism had nothing to do with it.

And when it came to "self-determination" on abortion, I read her speech, and she very clearly seemed to be expressing her own personal views on the matter.

[JCEccles]

I read that stuff, and I saw it as referring to federalism which is indeed a conservative principle, or at least it once was.

I read the stuff too, and it gave me a headache just trying to discern a coherent thought in it.

In comparison, her withdrawal letter is well written. If she wrote it, I suspect she allowed it to be heavily edited.