Mayor Giuliani would be the best I can think of. He is highly respected by both parties... His biggest flaw is that his name is difficult to spell.
That should tell you everything you need to know. I would stay home.
No, his biggest trouble is he's too damn liberal!
Rudy is easy! :-) I would imagine that's how the posters would look. Hillary? HELL NO!
Rudy is a RINO. If he runs up against even a mildly conservative dem, it would doom us in the south.
Now way. Just say no to rinos!
Funny comment about the name. I was thinking the same thing. I think Giuliani would kill Kerry or Hillary in a general election, however Giuliani would have difficulty winning the nomination. McCain would also have a problem. I think, even among Republican, Giuliani is preferred over McCain. McCain has done things to tick off a lot of Republicans. Giuliani has been very helpful to Bush and aggressive against Kerry. Much more so than McCain. That will help him in the future.
Giuliani's biggest problem is his social views. It will be difficult for any Republican who is pro-life and has a very liberal view regarding gays and marriage. I don't think his view on gay marriage can be much different than Bush's if he wants to get nominated. He could be against a constitutional ammendment, but he would have to be against gay marriage and would have to affirm regulage marriage, or I don't think he'd have a chance. Regarding abortion, if he took the view that he was personally pro-choice but believed the states should be able to decide the issue themselves (which would mean he would be agreeing that Roe vs. Wade should be overturned) that would work. He's a bright man and savvy politician. I think he'll be able to figure something out.
I think he'd be a good president. Bush hasn't been very fiscally conservative. His strength has been in foreign policy, and I think Giuliani also would. I would prefer him over McCain.
It's his pro-abortion stance that will turn off Republicans in the primaries....a Santorum or Owens would draw a lot of primary votes. However, if he wins the primary, and runs against Hillary - the party faithful will swallow hard, and overwhelmenly vote for Guiliani.
The Dems CAN not win without NY - and the mayor would trounce the phony Senator.
Guiliani will have to have a very PRO-life VP running mate -- say, a J. D. Hayworth??? or better yet, J.C. Watts.
The biggest flaw I can think of is that he is pro-abortion and pro-homosexual marriage. Ain't gonna happen.
Giuliani is no better than McCain, Pataki, Arnold, and the rest of the RINO crowd. Pro gay, anti-2nd Amendment, pro-death (for innocent babies), etc, etc. They sicken me.
He's a social liberal as well but not as stupid as McCain.
That and he's PRO-ABORTION, PRO-GAY AGENDA and ANTI-GUN.