>I am sure her pro-life stance bothers you as it will many others but at least in fairness she lives her beliefs, as witnessed by her most recent child's birth, and I find people who do that actually tend to be less hell-bent on imposing their beliefs on others. She also short-circuited an attempt to deny gay couples partnership rights. Doesn't seem like a zealot, though she is undoubtedly a social conservative.

Just when I meant to stay out of this thread... you gave me an idea. Maybe we need a social conservative - someone who will stubbornly fight to preserve and even restore the liberties that have been revoked the last eight years, and all the social fabric woven since the New Deal that's being unraveled.