This post provides more evidence that the GOP is not as "pro-life" as it claims to be. The question is how GOP supporters in these states ever be persuaded that the Democrats are the more compassionate party in line with their true values, outside the abortion issue that has been settled in their favor? One statement I noted, you wrote: "Politics involves tradeoffs." I think in the post-Newt Gingrich reality, that statement is no longer true. For the GOP, politics is about winning, not tradeoffs.
This post provides more evidence that the GOP is not as "pro-life" as it claims to be. The question is how GOP supporters in these states ever be persuaded that the Democrats are the more compassionate party in line with their true values, outside the abortion issue that has been settled in their favor? One statement I noted, you wrote: "Politics involves tradeoffs." I think in the post-Newt Gingrich reality, that statement is no longer true. For the GOP, politics is about winning, not tradeoffs.
Your point about the modern GOP having found a "hack" for avoiding the dilemma of tradeoffs is a fair one.