A ban on Partial Birth Abortions, a mandate of parental notification before a procedure on a minor, and a criminal sanction on interstate transport of a minor for abortion services is a platform many moderates can get behind, and those wins are an inarguable victory for the Pro-Life movement.
All or nothing on abortion prohibition, gun ownership, same sex recognition, private property use, environmental prerogative and workplace supervision is doomed to lose in 2003 California.
In a statewide office in MOST of our U.S., conservative need to first get a foothold within political office and positioning, but ain't nothing happening until we move people toward our view of abortion, gun rights, property and role of government. We need to persuade our citizen neighbors, and that happens over time and trust and standing.
We're moving that way, I feel it. The McClintock dead enders and assorted con men here want to blow up any opportunity for the GOP to make incremental gains for the party, even if the larger gains for California are in hand. Screw 'em, they'll be back working against Bush in 2004.