At the very worst, a tiny minority may see him as having turned his back on God, but the vast majority of people will understand his position and his actions.
"If someone can make a credible case to the social conservatives and have a position on Iraq that appeals to the broad majority of Republicans, you may see an election where the social issues, the moral values issues, are not as central as they were in the past," said Matthew Dallek, the author of "The Right Moment: Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics".
But above all, the biggest barrier is that they represent risk for new governments that the recently successful party may see its majority reduced.
The portrait of a man of contradictions will give way to a composite picture in which the majority of the people of Ireland may see themselves.
For example, though the majority of suspected colorectal cancer patients may see a consultant within the 2-week period (Debnath et al, 2002; Scott et al, 2006; Neal et al, 2007), those patients can wait considerably longer for their diagnosis once entering the hospital system (Neal et al, 2007).
We may see a good old-fashioned majority government formed next Friday.
While we may see this as an irrational fear, as the majority of crime occurs in concentrated spaces among the black population (not unlike in the United States), one has to respect the nature of crime in South Africa.
It's entirely possible we may see a further budget after the election; a majority government or a new or reconfigured coalition might want to do something different.
It would link people adamantly opposed to human genetic enhancement, those who may see it as a panacea, and the vast majority of everyone else who has no idea this transformation is already underway.
