re: #505 Joel

499 Salamantis
Governor Bob Casey of Pennsylvania was fervently against abortion but was a solid liberal as well, however he was banned from speaking at the 1984 or 1988 Democratic national convention. Explain please.

For the record I am conservative and pro choice.

There are accepted, and less-than-accepted, positions on abortion in both parties. I firmly believe that Giuliani’s candidacy went nowhere in no small measure to his rejection by southern socons due to his pro-choice stance, and the same thing goes for Romney and his well-publicized flip flop on the issue. Both would likely have done quite well in a general lection. Pro-choice Republicans are about as rare as antiabortion Democrats - and the switch by pro-choice Arlen Specter renders the demarcation even sharper.