I'm familiar with incrementalism, but that's hardly an excuse to divert one's eyes from the ultimate prize. Thompson is taking the Steven A. Douglas approach to both Human Life and Marriage.
Anyone who fails to see that action must be nationwide and conclusive once the federalism bubble is burst, whether by any states or courts, regarding either the primary Principle of our republic or in the primary building block of our society, is lacking.
Fred Thomson would apparently not lift a finger to protect Life or Marriage, if a state decided otherwise. It's post-1865. We should be over that poor, poor federalism excuse.
Tell me how you plan to burst the federalism bubble. The only way to do so is to overthrow the Constitution of the United States. Since I am sure you do not advocate this, the question becaomes how to achieve the goal within the Republican form of government under which we now live. It is not aht federalism has failed, but that activist judges and courts have dispensed with it. Abortion on demand was not foisted on the United States by adherence to federalist principles but by their abandonment via judicial activism. The President’s only power to correct this and other judicial abuses lies in his power to shape the federal judiciary.
I have far greater confidence in Fred Thompson’s ability to rectify the imperial judiciary under which we now live than I do Huckabee. Huckabee’s judicial picks do not inspire confidence. See the post below.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940006/posts