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Part of the conservative line for the last several yeas has been for dems to put aside some of their social issues in this grave time of war, and pick someone well suited to the war on terror (or better suited), along the lines of a Lieberman.

Now, conservatives will have to practice what they preach.

To me, the #1 issue is the war on terror. Rudy won't repeal the 2nd Amendment singlehandedly, and Rudy won't keep Roe from getting overturned (it's not getting overturned anytime soon).

I'm willing to compromise (which is what I have asked the dems to do - with no positive result). On abortion, as long as Rudy is on the right side of the 2008 issues (parental notification, federal funding, partial birth abortion, etc), he is ok by me. He still has a couple of years to modify and articulate his position on these - I'll give him the chance.

Otherwise, I'd be a phony. And I'm not a phony. Now it's time for our side to show that we can make the sacrifices that we have been asking dems to make.

Anything less would be infantile.

I think a properly conservative winner will emerge. I'm not jumping the Rudy / John train just because the MSM likes them 3 years early.

That's not infantile, just realistic and pragmatic.