The consequences of a Condi-Hillary Presidential battle royal in 2008 is starting to make my head hurt. Hillary is David Copperfield to Bill's Harry Houdini; already she's begun to triangulate, moving to the President's right on some issues like immigration, and towards the center on issues like abortion. Now we learn this at Drudge tonight about Condi: "...mildly pro-choice on abortion."
If (and this is a big if) we see a Hillary-Condi matchup, we could be in for a redefination of politics not seen since the 1960's. Can you imagine the possibility of Hillary giving lip service to the religous right on abortion and Condi going after the feminist vote with some mild pro-choice rhetoric? I'm not sure if the reshuffling of the political spectrum would be permanent, but it would make for a wild election.
If Drudge is correct on this, Condi's "mildly pro-choice" stance will either torpedo her chances of making it through the primaries, or we are watching these two women playing politics at a very high level at a frighteningly early stage in the presidential election cycle.
Update
Here is the Washington Times article that Drudge's flash referred to. In the article, she defines her view on abortion as libertarian. I'd say "Federalist" might be equally appropriate. Libertarian probably scores her more political punch, though.
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