Death, resignation, or retirement will lead to another Supreme Court vacancy that the next President will need to deal with. The last thing we need is appointments by a social liberal President.
Anyway, how common is it for a pro-abortion candidate to thrive up in New York? I hope people in the rest of the country will understand if/when Rudy's position on abortion changes.
A person can genuinely change his mind on abortion. However, if Rudy changes his position in the near future, it would appear un-genuine, and merely political. He has made some strong statements in the past on this issue which would be difficult to retract.
"I've said that I'll uphold a woman's right of choice, that I will fund abortion so that a poor woman is not deprived of a right that others can exercise, and that I would oppose going back to a day in which abortions were illegal."Even if he tried to prove a genuine reversal of opinion on this issue, the pro-life core of the party would be too skeptical to support him. In addition, by changing his position, he would actually lose support among his natural followers, disappointed in flip-flopping on an issue. His reputation as a leader would be tarnished.Rudy Giuliani, Sept. 1, 1989
"In addition, by changing his position, he would actually lose support among his natural followers, disappointed in flip-flopping on an issue. His reputation as a leader would be tarnished."
Right. Back in the day when people had to fumble with paper newsclippings, a politician could get away with changing positions on issues. Nowadays, it's not so easy. I'm glad too. It should not be easy to weasle out of a pro-abortion speech.