As I have stated elsewhere I am no Huckabee fan.
However, we are stuck with Huckabee because the other top tier candidates are either pro-abortion, or people don’t necessarily trust them on the issue.
I hear people saying that the “Christians” are causing this problem. The truth is that people need to get on the Fred Thompson bandwagon, because he makes the social and fiscal conservatives happy.
Then the Republicans are stuck with defeat.
people need to get on the Fred Thompson bandwagon, because he makes the social and fiscal conservatives happy
If that were true, then he would be leading. He isn't, because the practical Republicans don't think he can win in November either.
The nomination process should, first and foremost, nominate someone who can win. No Republican president can stray far from the base on strong party issues. Note how Bush got slappped down on immigration, even though he ran on "comprehensive immigration reform" in 2000.
In practical terms, not a single Republican candidate running will damage efforts to halt abortion, because that work must be done at the grass roots anyway. What a Republican candidate thinks on the issue won't matter.
However, a Democrat will have to please an entirely different base, will nominate judges from an entirely different pool, and will bring in an entirely different set of political appointees.
Party is far more important than a candidates particular opinions, and the Republican party is anti-abortion. Electing a Republican, any of them, will help the anti-abortion cause. Electing a Democrat will hurt it. Winning in November is more important than a particular candidates positions on issues.