There are a couple of Supreme Court decisions that mandate abortion's legality, of course, but even those allow for restrictions and other regulations on the practice. The Casey decision, for example, allows for parental notice and informed consent regulations. The least Simon could do is commit to aggressively pursuing these popular policies. But he runs.
To say - because he won't discuss the issue means he supports it - is the liberal way out. You're insinuating he supports it because he's tried to make it a NON-issue.
Same thing. If he won't work to change the status quo, and he won't, then he may as well support it.
And ... do you know for a fact that he will or will not make it an issue?? NO, YOU DON'T
YES I DO!!! I was not born yesterday, CyberAnt. If he is now assuring the "moderates" that he will do nothing about abortion as the governor of that state, then he will do just that. He will not tackle the abortion issue for one of two reasons. Either he does not care about the issue, or he is a coward who does not wish to take the political risk. Either way, he is useless to those of us who want to stop abortion. And there are plenty of non-restrictive policies that could be put in place right now, by either the state or federal governments, that would break the back of the abortion culture. That's all I ever ask for. I'm not asking for a total abortion ban tomorrow, I simply want the government actively and aggressively discouraging abortion for now. That's all. If that makes me an unreasonable extremist, then it's time for me to run naked through my neighborhood screaming at the top of my lungs.
Respectfully,
The Evil One
I just don't understand why you don't understand this.