[Alberta's Child]

Time for a reality check. The Republican Party must move beyond the abortion issue. I didn’t say abandon it, I said move beyond it.

I agree with you. Rudy fails miserably on enough other issues that his abortion stance is almost secondary.

However, I'd point out that people who don't "get it right" on THIS issue usually do very poorly on other issues that are important to conservatives. For example, I believe that nearly everyone in public office (or a candidate for public office) who is a far-left radical when it comes to abortion is also a radical zealot when it comes to his/her outright hostility to the Second Amendment, too.

[MindBender26]

Correct.

In electing people, always remember as follows.

1. Ignore what they promise.
2. Decide based on what they have done.
3. Unless they have worked in the free market economy, legislators make lousy presidents, because they are consensus builders, not decision makers.
4. In choosing a candidate, like choosing a spouse, you can always have anything you want, but never everything you want.

:~)

[ninenot]

nearly everyone in public office (or a candidate for public office) who is a far-left radical when it comes to abortion is also a radical zealot when it comes to his/her outright hostility to the Second Amendment, too.

Good observation.

Statists are statists. They are consistent...

And they differ only on the level of taxation which should be applied for their Statist dreams to come true.