The conservative crackup

Slate is hosting a dialogue. Kathleen Parker's discussion of the Palin factor is very compelling.

Before that, Douthat gets into a scuffle with Kmiec over abortion.

I find Kmiec's position more convincing, but that's unsurprising considering my notion of human personhood (I don't think embryos or early fetuses w/o brain activity are people in any meaningful sense).

The problem, of course, is how to convince the theocratic base that accepting a non-legalistic pro-life position like Kmiec's is a better approach. Impossible?