After four years of a Repulican President thumbing his nose at fiscal conservatives, I can't see nominating a man who thumbs his nose at social conservatives.
you cannot bow down and appease a fickle group, when that group alone cannot elect a president. you can outline some positions to get as many of them as you can onboard, point out what they will get from the Dems (nothing), and leave yourself able to get the independent voters who decide the election.
Well said.
alot of those social conservative seem to like Obama - is there a single position that Obama would advance (with more then words), that social conservatives want?
Who's your alternative. There is none.