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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has been having a rough time<\/a> trying to become the Republican presidential nominee for a variety of reasons, but his pro-life record<\/a>\u2014particularly his going above and beyond the call of duty in trying to save Terri Schiavo\u2019s life in 2003\u2014could have been an asset.<\/p>\n

Instead, he\u2019s largely squandered it by dismissing<\/a> news of his role in the pro-abortion Bloomberg Foundation with a casual \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d declaring<\/a> that defunding Planned Parenthood isn\u2019t worth risking a government shutdown, and declining to commit<\/a> to nominating Supreme Court justices certain to overturn Roe v. Wade<\/em>. And now comes word<\/a> that the \u201cRight to Rise\u201d super PAC working on his behalf plans to attack rival Marco Rubio for\u2026 being too pro-life…<\/p>\n

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Jeb’s Right to Rise PAC previewed two videos for a focus group of New Hampshire voters on October 28, one of which portrayed Rubio as a pro-life extremist.<\/p>\n

That video contains footage of Rubio from the first 2016 Republican primary debate, hosted by Fox News. When Megyn Kelly asked Rubio if he supported abortion in the cases of rape or incest, Rubio replied, “I have never said that. And I have never advocated that.”<\/p>\n

“I believe that every single human being is entitled to the protection of our laws – whether they can vote or not, whether they can speak or not, whether they can hire a lawyer or not, whether they have a birth certificate or not,” he said.<\/p>\n

He later clarified that, while he does not believe in exceptions, he would sign bills that contain them.<\/p>\n

The Bush campaign ad portrays Rubio’s affirmation of all life as disqualifying, making him too extreme to win a general election, three Republican insiders told the New York Times.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Unreal. When the main knock on your candidate is (rightly or wrongly) that he\u2019s too moderate, how does it make sense to reinforce that stereotype by attacking a competitor for being overly principled? This line of attack opens up Jeb for a devastating counterattack from his right flank: why would you put votes over babies instead of standing on principle?<\/em><\/p>\n

It is true that Right to Rise is independent of Bush\u2019s campaign, and so Team Jeb wasn\u2019t directly responsible for the ad and can\u2019t legally put the kibosh on it, but you can only be surrounded by so many professional supporters who are soft on protecting the preborn before it raises questions as to why the candidate himself attracts backers with such priorities.<\/p>\n

To correct the situation, Ramesh Ponnuru advises<\/a>, \u201cBush cannot control Right to Rise, but he can and should make it clear that he opposes attacks on Rubio\u2019s pro-life views.\u201d Doing so wouldn\u2019t do much to entice those who\u2019ve already jumped ship back into the fold, but it would be a show of pro-life principle and goodwill that would stem the bleeding.<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve discussed before<\/a>, concerns over a no-exceptions pro-life message\u2019s prospects with the general public are not entirely without merit, but there are ways to defend it compassionately while keeping the conversation focused on the extremes of the other side, which Rubio has so far done as well as can be expected. Moreover, it is baffling whenever candidates and strategists treat primaries like general elections. This is the stage of the process where what is most important is inspiring your base to turn out, not lecturing them about how their values and priorities are too extreme!<\/p>\n

Having strong principles and an intelligent, strategic vision for enacting them are distinct and equally important aspects of leadership. Right to Rise apparently thought they were making a case that Rubio was all the former without the latter, but they failed spectacularly. The way to persuade that your candidate is the real deal isn\u2019t to complain that competitors are too principled\u2014it\u2019s to lay out your own approach and, if it really is better, let it speak for itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has been having a rough time trying to become the Republican presidential nominee for a variety of reasons, but his pro-life record\u2014particularly his going above and beyond the call of duty in trying to save Terri Schiavo\u2019s life in 2003\u2014could have been an asset. 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