Wash. Post's Ruth Marcus: Trump's Abortion Position Alienated Democrats And Republicans, Yet Is “Less Extreme Than Ted Cruz's Position”

From the April 3 edition of CBS' Face the Nation:

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RUTH MARCUS: When you have a week where your campaign manager is accused of battery against a reporter, and that's not the worst thing that happens to you in the week, that's a really bad week. And I thought the abortion answer continuing with your questioning of him was really revolutory and a problem for Donald Trump on three different levels. First it illustrated, we have been talking a little bit on the conventional wisdom that's been emerging, Donald Trump doesn't know enough of what he's talking about when he's talking about foreign policy. That's not correct. Donald Trump doesn't know enough of what he's talking about when he's talking about policy period.  Number two he says something and then when it turns out to be wrong, it's not his fault, it's the questioning. It's the questioning was hypothetical or convoluted. And the third part is managing to alienate both sides simultaneously. Which is really quite magnificent because I have to just point out that if you look at Donald Trump's actual position on abortion it is less extreme than Ted Cruz's position on abortion. Ted Cruz would not have exceptions for rape or incest in cases of abortion and where Donald Trump said, including to you, that he'd like to leave it to the states, Ted Cruz wants to make it illegal everywhere. 

Previously:

Wash. Post Highlights How Trump's Media Dominance “Obscure[s]” Ted Cruz's Extremism -- To His Benefit

Trump's Abortion Comments Demonstrate The Importance Of Taking Away His Phone Privileges

Memo To Media: Trump Said Abortion Should Be Punished “As A Principle”