[areafiftyone]

Seems like Allen is too worried about his election and scoring brownie points more than his convictions. I'm not saying he isn't voting the right way now but I don't want someone who farts whichever way the wind is blowing.

[conservativebabe]

LOL! depends on who's down-wind.

[twigs]

I agree. I'll have to start paying more attention to what he says and his consistency. I'd rather someone be wrong than change a lot. EXCEPT: 1) when they have a genuine change of heart; and 2) when there's a huge uprising and they know they need to rethink things (like Pres. Bush did with Harriet Miers). Otherwise, I want someone who stands by his convictions. That way, I can vote for his convictions with confidence.

[JohnnyZ]

Seems like Allen is too worried about his election and scoring brownie points more than his convictions.

Yeah yeah, he's not a radical pro-gay pro-abort gun-grabber like your hero Rudy, spare us the snide comments.

[StAnDeliver]

Whatever you think, Allen was consistent in his belief that the outcome of the law would not provide civil rights protections to homos. That's an honest mistake, and he has corrected it in time before any harm was done.

President Bush rightfully reversed himself on a 2000 campaign pledge to reduce atmospheric CO2 reduction, with the explanation that he had come to realize that carbon dioxide was not a pollutant. Like Allen, his original stance was wrong, but he was receptive to the actual truth of the situation.

Neither one of these guys is a walking encyclopedia, they rely on people like you and me to keep them honest. That is the Republic at its finest.