As long as he maintains a Pro-Abortion position, he's in deep trouble in the California Republican trenches, and no amount of dazzling publicity and photo-ops with kids after school will fix it.
He knows this, but he refuses to convert to Pro-Life. This refusal is his Achilles heel.
He thinks he can power-through this contradiction, but he is wrong.
His nickname is "The Oak". Hey, Oak! You gotta convert to Pro-Life, buddy. You can't make it on charm and money alone.
You won't make it past the primary election in 2006 A.D.
Have a conversion, Oak!