Putting more state into play.....brilliant!!!!
Well - he’s right.
However,,,, more states can be won in more ways than one - right?
Didn’t Reagan prove that?
Sorry to go back 25 years - but hopefully you understand what I mean.
The polls I’ve seen say that Giuliani is the only candidate who can beat Hillary in Florida. If we can’t win even in Fla., there will definitely be a Dem President.
Anyone who gets California in play won’t get my vote.
It won’t matter.
Either way we’d get a liberal.
On the other hand, if the base isn’t motivated in states like Ohio and Florida because of Guliani’s social liberalism, he could cost us those states.
He’s right.
Giuliani is a poo-poo head.
His ship is sinking and he expects the R’s to keep it afloat.
Sorry Charlie it is too early in the campaign to keep one guy afloat.
Run, Fred Run,
What if he puts the entire south in play for the democrats?
Ohio is the weak spot for republicans in 2008 - any republican. The republican brand name there is so damaged, we need to start thinking how we can make up for that electoral loss.
For Rudy, its with PA and NJ. For Thompson, he would have to flip Wisconsin.
Several states have turned or leaned toward the Dems in recent years.
Arkansas is one. Missouri is another that is teetering.
Some FReepers have listed a few other states, as well.
The GOP has allot of work and allot of bridge building.
The talkshow talkies were saying that, if the Dems lost in 06, the Dem Party would basically be finished. Instead, however, the GOP seems to be the party in disarray. If the GOP can’t muster a win in 08, they may find themselves in the minority for decades.
We'd all lose.
We. Hahahahaha.
Giuliani’s right. I also think that Connecticut is more likely than New York.
Nominating Rudy makes the electoral picture moot, because a liberal would win either way.
“From a political point of view, I probably have the best chance of putting states like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, California in play. And as a Republicans, if we don’t put those states in play next time ... we may see a Democratic president.”
Oh Rudy! Trying to SCARE people into voting for you.
Geesh, how low will you go?
If we don’t get REAL conservatives in there that aren’t shy we will lose. Rudy YOU are a losing candidate.
Step aside for the sake of the GOP.
When Fred Thompson announces, more states WILL be in play....
No, his point is bunk. Why do we need “more states in play”? Does he expect to lose the existing red states? Why do we need to win more states than we did before?
Sure, it’s nice to think about winning more states, and it would be great if we did.
But if I’m living in a solid Red state, damned if I understand why I should support a guy who appeals to New Jersey on a philosophical level, at the expense of what I care about.
Let’s run the RIGHT person with the RIGHT philosophy. And then, let’s let HIM or HER make the appeal to the blue states. We’ll get them by convincing conservative voters in those states, and previous non-voters in those states, that it’s worth their effort to come out and vote.
I’d rather attract a million new conservatives to the polls, than win by attracting a million democrats to vote for my candidate because he appeals to them philosophically.
Oregon is as likely as PA, perhaps even more likely. Oregon and maybe WI are the only shots that anyone (considered so far) beside Rudy has at flipping to the GOP, while the risk of losing states we previously held is much higher.