Ok, here's an analogy to work with. Take a small box and fill it with some rocks. Then add some rice, filling it to the top.
Now take all the same stuff, but in a different order. Put in the rice first, then add the rocks.
What you'll find is that if you put in the big stuff first, the small stuff will fit around it. But if you put in the small stuff first, the big stuff won't have room.
The republican tent is the box. The Big issues are the socon issues, to be put in first. The little issues are things that can be accommodated around the bigger stuff.
A candidate who tries to focus on the smaller issues first and leave out the bigger issues has no way of getting all of us into the tent. He splits the party. The candidate who gets the big stuff right and as much of the little stuff that will fit, he can fit more into the tent. We're often amazed at how much rice can keep fitting in.
Rudy flunks some of the big issues, and on some of the little issues it looks to me like anyone else's rice would do just as well.
It boils down to this, "socons" want to dictate the stance of the nominee on a single issue (abortion). If they don't get thier way, many will stay home rather thn support the ONLY party that has tried to do anything substantive to end abortion. Once the nominating process ends, assuming he wins, Rudy will be the lead candidate for the party. You support the team you play for. Either that or you find anew team.
Rudy isn't driving that process, the majority isn't driving that process. The single issue "socons" are. I've yet to read one post from a Giuliani supporter saying they will stay home if Hunter gets nominated. I've yet to converse with a single Hunter supporter who states he or she will vote for Rudy if he's nominated.
It aint Rudy that's threatening to split the party, it's the "socons"