An article in the WSJ, this morning, states that recent polls show John McCain and Rudi Guliani as the lead contenders for the Rep. nomination in 2008. The article said that both are better described as Mavericks than liberals, that Guliani is as resolute on terrorism as Churchill would have been and that McCain mixes social conservativism with media pleasing iconoclasm. (I guess the authors haven't been paying attention.)
If push comes to shove, I'd vote for Rudy.
McCain trashed christians in the 2000 primary. Just not too long ago he sabotages the end of the filubuster. In what dream world are they living in where McCain is pleasing to social conservatives? Maybe folks who are socially Liberal, so then he should run as a Democrat.
I have no ill against Rudy. If selected I'd vote for him, but he won't be my first second, or third choice. His main attraction is WOT and treatment of U.N.
The reason they top polls is because people recognize the names. It reflects nothing about what primary voters will eventually do.