Unlike the rest, Thompson’s federalism is integral to his conservative philosophy, which is not something he came by recently or adopted for the sake of convenience.
Frederalism, looks like to me to be a strategy to dodge social issues while pushing the same old Rockefeller Republican agenda.
So if the candidate isn’t a pure federalist, we want them to reject federalism completely?
It seems strange to attack a candidate for adopting the correct conservative position just because he’s not consistant enough about it.
Of course, it seems strange to attack a guy for his positions when those positions are about as conservative as any candidate running, just because he used to be more liberal on a few issues.
I understand pushing other candidates because you feel more comfortable with them, but we should agree on the issues regardless of which candidate pushes them.
I’d hate to see people say we should surrender in Iraq just because Romney thinks we should win the war there.