Really? If she committed she'd be forced to state her positions on the issues. Does anyone know her position on abortion, affirmative action, illegal immigration, tax cuts, stem cells, deficit reduction, homosexual marriage? Until one knows her positions I don't see how you could support her for president. We need to get away from picking star candidates and chose candidates who agree with the conservative agenda.
Dear blaquebyrd,
Great post. You raise good questions. This reminds me of the groundswell for former Sec. Powell. These folks look great as long as everyone can project their own thoughts, views, and predilections on them. Once they were to announce, or began to delineate their views, they'd lose the support of those who found out that these individuals hold markedly different views.
The temptation of this sort of candidate is to try to straddle the fence on at least some important issues, I think. With Sec. Rice, we see it on the issue of abortion, where she describes herself as being "mildly pro-choice." That's tough to parse, doncha think?
She seems solidly pro-2nd amendment, at least for now. But I'm unaware of her views on the rest of the important questions you name.
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