Pretty much the ONLY advantage that I see to nominating Giuliani is that he appears to be competitive in Pennsylvania, and the other GOP candidates aren’t. And honestly, that’s not worth putting up a pro-abortion authoritarian that will cause conservatives to stay home/vote third-party in droves. The vaulted GOP GOTV would be seriously hampered, putting states like Ohio, Missouri, and possibly even Virginia in serious danger.
That's because PA is the home of the braindead. Every Republican is competitive until it gets near time to vote because the braindead pay no attention to the race and feel compelled to answer SOMETHING when called by a pollster even though they have no idea who is running. About 60 days pre-election, they waken enough from their stupor to notice an election is coming. It's those TV ads that penetrate their flat line brains. That's when they show their true colors and prove that a Republican has no more chance of carrying PA than NJ or NY, unless there was a real conservative running who would reawaken the Reagan Democrats. Not a chance in '08 with the possibles on the Republican side, particularly Rudy.
Giuliani has a much better shot at PA than NJ.