I agree he’s got some key elements of prolife policy theory under control, but there are serious divisions within the prolife movement itself as to how to proceed at both state and federal levels. For example, while I favor the overturning of Roe v Wade, I also want a federal personhood amendment that piggybacks on the 14th to provide the states with a basis for treating the unborn as legal persons in their own right, regardless of their biological dependency on the mother. That is a big improvement on the federal framework, but not an outright federal ban on the specific act of abortion.
However, there are scenarios where either approach, however well intended, could be co-opted by statists to aggrandize the power of the federal beyond original constitutional boundaries. That’s why I am saying Cain needs to get with someone who has already digested all that and can give him some help on messaging, because there are elements of the prolife community for whom his current presentation is problematic. Are they enough in number or influence to make a difference? I don’t know. But they need not be lost at all. Cain just needs to go the extra mile and have a definite view on a comprehensive prolife policy strategy, the details of which he can expound upon and defend comfortably.
That sounds good. Do you know of any candidate, in this or any past election, that had a clear platform on those more subtle issues?