No.
I'm afraid I don't know what "mildly pro-choice" means, except that she is willing to kill babies if it's convenient.
The Republicans have the momentum moving their way, almost entirely because of what is variously known as the conservative religious or pro-life vote. That's why Daschle was voted out--because he blocked the appointment of pro-life judges. That's why Bush gained senators in a midterm election which happens very rarely. That's why Bush picked up more Hispanic votes and Evangelical votes and Catholic votes.
If the Republicans turn their backs on that progress, they will lose everything they have gained among Hispanics, Evangelicals, and Catholics. They will even kick away the chance of peeling away black voters by appealing to them as social conservatives concerned about family.
They will lose the moral high ground they have so painfully gained over the Democrats, and be seen as nothing but country clubbers and me-firsters.
Miss Rice said abortion should be "as rare a circumstance as possible," although without excessive government intervention. "We should not have the federal government in a position where it is forcing its views on one side or the other.
"So, for instance, I've tended to agree with those who do not favor federal funding for abortion, because I believe that those who hold a strong moral view on the other side should not be forced to fund it."
Describing pro-lifers as "the other side" is one of the ways Miss Rice articulates her position as a "mildly pro-choice" Republican. She explained that she is "in effect kind of libertarian on this issue," adding: "I have been concerned about a government role.
"I am a strong proponent of parental notification. I am a strong proponent of a ban on late-term abortion. These are all things that I think unite people and I think that that's where we should be.
"We ought to have a culture that says, 'Who wants to have an abortion? Who wants to see a daughter or a friend or a sibling go through something like that?
I do not agree.
I believe the Republicans are winning because they are more on the side of "Get government off our backs" and because we have seen how liberalism is a dead end street.
There are more David Horowitz's, P.J. O'Rourke's, Ron Silver's and others like me that left the Democratic Party for reasons that have nothing to do with abortion.
I will vote for the Republican if he/she is Pro life or pro-choice.
Anything else is simply stunningly stupid.