As a pro-choice Republican, Giuliani would not survive the primaries.
MAybe if we get a good solid conservative on the SCOTUS, then Rudy's "pro-choice" position won't matter as much.
Anyway, how common is it for a pro-abortion candidate to thrive up in New York? I hope people in the rest of the country will understand if/when Rudy's position on abortion changes.
He could win all the blue state republican primaries (Rudy easily wins NY,MA,NJ,NH,VT,CA,OR,WA,ME,CT,PA,MD,DC,HI) and get enough of the red state delegates to put together a win.
The debate isn't whether abortion shopuld be legal or not in the USA. Conservatives lost that one and are 'stuck on stupid' back in 1973. It won't be the most important issue in 2008. Not even close.
I'd like to see that change but it has to change on a social level first. It hasn't. It won't, not by 2008.