Pro-choice view an obstacle for GOP hopefuls

[Rose Siding]

The pro-choice views of some popular Republicans -- such as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani -- likely will undermine their ability to win the party's presidential nomination in 2008, party strategists say.
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Kellyanne Conway, Republican pollster and analyst, noted that while abortion once was a "hot" issue, it has become "muted if not neutered" by other social issues such as same-sex "marriage," cloning and religious freedom.

Democrats said the popularity of pro-choice Republicans signals a shift.

"It should send a signal to the party if nothing else that their base wants their party to move to the center on choice," said Jano Cabrera, spokesman for the Democratic National Committee.

Republicans balked at that, arguing that it's prominent Democrats who have been trying to move away from their extreme pro-choice views lately.

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[Demit]

1. The abortion issue is like the baseball in a game of "pepper".

Politicians just like to throw it around to one another in tricky ways.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Right. I get a real clear picture of Condasleaza coming out real strongly

for a pro-choice stand......NOT! She wouldn't do anything that her husband..er... the President, didn't want her to do.