In GOP Race, Blurring the Lines in the Abortion Debate

One of the curiosities of the Republican presidential race is how Rudy Giuliani has managed to maintain his position atop the national polls while holding views on abortion and other social issues that appear to be anathema to the party's conservative base. Fred Thompson has just helped to unravel the mystery. In short, Giuliani has sent enough reassuring signals to the right that he would do nothing dramatic to upset abortion orthodoxy within the party -- and his leading rivals have done little to suggest that they could do much to change the status quo in ways he wouldn't -- that the issue may be far less significant than believed. For all these reasons, it should not be so surprising that Giuliani remains a formidable candidate for the GOP nomination. Full story...

Posted by Editor at November 8, 2007 06:06 AM