By backing Giuliani, Are the GOP throwing in the Towel on the Abortion Issue?

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Thursday defended his record favoring the use of public money for abortions, saying he wouldn't try to undo a Supreme Court ruling allowing the procedures. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070405/ap_on_el_pr/giuliani_south_carolina

Public Comments

1. One can only hope. After the Iraq debacle, the GOP will never regain its stature unless it stops pandering to the religious right and gets back to its free market roots. That means small, lean government, a foreign policy that is principled, unwavering and truly supportive of human rights, and an economic policy that is religious only about cutting pork-barrel spending. Under those criteria (despite his shortcomings), Rudy seems like the best bet for the GOP.
2. yes, whatever will get votes, all politicians are scum
3. I don't think Republicans are that smart (except maybe Chuck Hagel and Arnold).
4. I trust Rudy to appoint constructionalist judges to the Supreme Court more than McCain. It doesn't really matter what his personal views are since he doesn't have the ability to change the abortion issue anyway.
5. I think the issue is settled unless he appoints pro-choice Supreme Court judges.
6. Giuliani was originally a democrat who switched parties to run against the inclumbent, Mayor Dinkins. His party platform at that point on the ticket was both Republican and Liberal. Abortion isn't the only issue the republican party is about.
7. Abortion is a matter of a dead child or a living child. If the Republicans are backing a Pro-Abortionist, then they are "throwing in the towel"on the Abortion Issue. They are more interested in Getting a Republican elected than the issues.
8. No, it just means the Illuminati has already decided that our next President is going to be a Muslim.
9. I hope so. Women deserve the right to CHOOSE. Most GOP are anti-choice.
10. Effectively, yes. But at this point, Republicans are simply trying to find a way to redefine the party as something OTHER THAN the party of Bush. This is a critical juncture in the future of our party, and we need to figure out what we really believe in.
11. No. They are only postponing it for the short term -- until the next canidate then they will trot the issue out again like a show pony to energize their religious right base.
12. Gosh! Wouldn't it be great to finally have that red herring issue out of the national political arena? It would be would voting for the guy if that were the case.