A Good Presidential Attitude

What is an important attitude a good candidate should maintain?

The ideal candidate would say: I am not for abortion except when not having one would threaten a woman's life. I am not against gay marriage. I am not against the idea of a nationalized citizen rising to the highest levels of political power; but I am against altering our Constitution.

As close to as perfectly as they could, our forfathers sat behind what John Rawls calls 'the veil of ignorance' and negotiated for the best of all possible worlds that would apply equally to 'all'.

I think our forfathers could not conceive of every possible 'all' but succeeded in making the Constitution as applicable as possible to all American citizens.

I would argue that we can debate its deficiencies, but that a nation can often stand one way or another on an issue according to each state's preference (when that preference is not oppressive or discriminatory, and does not otherwise contradict the spirit of the Constitution).

A reasonable candidate should be able to assess: If our forfathers were alive today, how would they feel about issue 'X'. How would they argue about the issue? How would they resolve impediments to an issue's resolution?

Finally, that candidate should ask: Would our forfathers change our Constitution so readily when America has existed as a nation for 231 years because of it.