Friedersdorf applauds Rick Perry's federalism:
In 2008, Perry backed a nemesis of religious conservatives. "For all his new found commitment to hyper-conservatism," Mike Huckabee recently wrote of Perry in an email to supporters, "he'll get to explain why he supported pro-abortion, pro-same sex marriage Rudy Giuliani last time." It appears that Perry has settled on this explanation: Those are state matters. Pragmatic social conservatives should be satisfied by his stance. Returning abortion to the states, via federalist Supreme Court justices, is the best they can do.
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