I agree with Kate: Her Giuliani piece was condescending, and not terribly persuasive. My favorite part of her case that social conservatives are now mature enough to share her perspective: “While red-hot rhetoric on abortion may be emotionally satisfying, conservatives have become more sophisticated and savvy about just what a president can do.” Right. That’s what social conservatives have insisted on in the past: red-hot anti-abortion rhetoric. That’s why they backed George W. Bush in 2000 and Bob Dole in 1996.