[darkmatter]

The abortion issue is important to me too, but I am more interested in whether Condi can kick ass and continue the Bush doctrine. I would rather have a "pro-choice" Condi than a "pro-life" McCain who always seems to grandstand and triangulate against conservatives on all other issues to show off for the media.

[Lurking2Long]

...but I am more interested in whether Condi can kick ass and continue the Bush doctrine...

If you are more interested in "doctrine" than human life, then your soul is sick...

[pooh fan]

"The abortion issue is important to me too, but I am more interested in whether Condi can kick ass and continue the Bush doctrine. I would rather have a "pro-choice" Condi than a "pro-life" McCain who always seems to grandstand and triangulate against conservatives on all other issues to show off for the media."

Nicely stated, thank you.

Abortion is one choice of several. If you don't want one, don't have one. All 3rd trimester abortions are wrong because the baby (and yes, it's always a baby) is viable outside the womb.

[Southern Federalist]

Seems to me the real issue is judges. Condi is against federal funding and partial birth, and for parental notification. That covers everything that could possibly be done against abortion by the President or Congress. The only other issue is whether she would appoint strict constructionist judges, or slant judicial appointments to protect Roe. It ought at least to be possible to be pro-choice and still not be crazy about Roe's jurisprudence. If her judicial picks would undermine the Left's control over the judiciary, then she would be giving pro-lifers everything they need from a president. The question is whether being pro-choice is a religion for her, as it is for most Democrats, or really just a "mild" opinion that would be satisfied to see the issue hashed out state by state.