I'm sick and tired of the pragmatists. The pragmatists have, frankly, been a large part of the problem. We can't have Tom McClintock in CA because Schwartzen-Kennedy is more electable. We can't have Duncan Hunter because he lacks personality... we have to go with a winner... like John McCain. We can't have Sarah Palin because the left says we can't. I'm sick of it all.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an unabashed pro-life advocate. With him, we got to vote for the whole man... and he won in landslides. Go vote your pragmatic vote, if you think it works for you (in contravention of history)... I'll vote for the candidate and party that stand for the issues of the day that matter.
The winner in 2012 will need 68-70 million votes. Neither side can win without the 12-20 million ‘independent’ voters. Make the election on Roe v Wade and you lose those voters and give the hard left another judge on the SCOTUS. All you would accomplish would be guaranteeing RvW ad infinitum. Is that what you want? If so then don’t kid yourself about your principles.
Every successful politician is pragmatic. Including Reagan. Don’t confuse pragmatism with opportunism or mere expediency.