Funny how Rudy brings out the best and worst in people. Republicans don't like him because he is considered a RINO yet they will take him over a democrat any day.
So is the perception of Rudy inflated? Would he not make a good president?
Many questions at least we have time to answer them.
One of the easiest ways to deflate the rudy fawners is to ask about his actual elected office experience.
So far it's limited to being elected to one of the most liberal cities in the country. He has no track record anywhere else.
When 2008 rolls around, he will have been out of office 6 years.
What would most republicans say about the qualifications of a democratic presidential candidate who has only run a large city, and never had to have been elected statewide? Plus one who hasn't run for anything else in over half a decade?
What happens if chicago's mayor daley retired this year and decides to run for president in 2008?
Would republicans scoff at the idea, or would they say "yep, that there mayor has what it takes to run the country!"?
If you're honest, you know the answer. He'd be ripped for it, but we expect everyone else to turn a blind eye to it if it's "our guy rudy" in the same situation.