[SoConPubbie]

McCain won the nomination because he beat the other candidates. No one would listen when warned it would be him or Guiliani. They went on and trashed Rudi including the wholesale purge here of his supporters then flopped around bringing up absurd alternatives to McCain all of whom were roundly rejected by most Republicans. It was not the media which did all that.

And you honestly believe Rudy would have fared better?

Do you honestly believe with all the liberal crap Rudy had been associated with he would have fared better with the base of the GOP, you know, the social conservatives?

[arrogantsob]

One can never count on the predictably stupid but there is no doubt that Rudy would have been a much better president than McCain or Urkle.

Anyone who successfully takes on the Mob is a leader that we need.