[E. Pluribus Unum]

Fred has a “nuanced” view of certain things....

Believing in the Constitution is "nuanced," eh?

The federal government has enumerated powers explicitly stated in the Constitution. All other powers belong to the states or the individual.

Which do you want? Limited, Constitutional government, or government by a "living" Constitution that can be transmogrified to mean whatever the party in power wants it to mean?

[Sudetenland]

That is as precise a description of the difference between those of us who would vote for Rudy or Fred or Mitt or John versus those will only vote for a "true Conservative."

Any real Conservative would find Fred Thompson's answer perfect. Any real "Conservative" believes in the Constitution as the only legitimate paradigm on which to base our laws.

Leaving the abortion issue to be sorted out on a state's rights basis is the Constitutional answer. I don't want law by judicial fiat, I want Constitutionally based law.

If you are able to get a constitutional amendment passed that would be a very good thing, but simply getting Roe v. Wade reversed is what Conservatives have been asking for as long as the ruling has existed. It was bad law when the ruling was made, it is bad law now and it needs to be reversed. Once that happens the battle will return to the state legislatures where it belongs.

That is not Ted Kennedy's policy; it is the un-nuanced very specific position of anyone who believes in the Constitution of the United States of America. It is the position of an "originalist," a "constitutionalist," and a "strict constructionist." It also happens to be the Libertarian position, Ron Paul to the contrary.

Conservative Republicans have always wanted the abortion question to revert to the states, because the state legislatures are more closely controlled and answerable to the citizens. I gave Fred 5/5 for that answer.

[Steamburg]

The federal government has enumerated powers explicitly stated in the Constitution. All other powers belong to the states or the individual.

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Thank you. You have stated it as clearly as it can be stated. Too bad that several people out there think government provides all the answers, despite the fact that individuals must take responsibility for their own actions.

[B Knotts]

Was banning slavery an infringement on states rights?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I don’t think a Maryland gun owner will appreciate the idea that 2nd Amendment infringements can only be remedied at the state and local levels.

[CheyennePress]

>>>The federal government has enumerated powers explicitly stated in the Constitution. All other powers belong to the states or the individual. <<<

Read the 14th Amendment. This is clearly a Federal power. The states have nothing to do with it. You would think that would be the most basic premise starting with something as fundamental as the right to life.

Apparently not.