My argument is not that we need a social liberal to win. No one else is making that argument.
The more sober individuals here are noting that none of Republican heavyweights this election are social conservatives. That's life. As Rumsfeld put it, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you would like to have in the future.
The benefit of Giuliani is that he will not only give us 80% of what we want, but he will completely wipe out the Dems and give us Congress back. Run someone like Tancredo, we may actually lose more seats in 2008. A strong national ticket also has the effect of emboldening conservatives at the state and local level. While a weak candidate like Hunter means Republicans will be more timid and more compromising with the Democrats, given Hillary or Osama Obama will be stomping him by 20 pts and they'll be afraid of losing their seats.
Excellent post!
There's Jeb Bush