Actually Rudy is polling really well in South Carolina and Georgia - better than any other Republican. McCain is a hard second regardless of what Freepers think. We are only a tiny portion of the electorate. If we want someone like Allen to run (which I am totally NOT AGAINST running for president) we need him to poll alot better than 3%.
Someone mused today (on FOX) that he may be a VP candidate and could actually be a very strong help to a conservative Presidential candidate bringing a lot of votes with him.
Allen, whoever he is and wherever he is from, had better make himself known if he is going to attract voters from other states. I haven't a clue who Allen is and if it wasn't for FR I doubt if I would have heard his name.
Agreed but we are still almost three years away from voting and the polls, I think, are reflecting who the MEDIA champions (mostly McCain) and not who Republicans actually want. The MSM is *dying* to prop up a RINO as the Republican nominee since they know the Democrats can't get their own act together and they also know a certain percentage of the electorate will stay home rather than vote for a RINO.
Personally, I'd accept Rudy before I'd accept McCain. He at least seems to be loyal to the party if not to all of their platform. He *might* have tried to make himself more liberal than he really is in order to be elected Mayor of NYC and could turn right out of a truer political calling. McCain, OTOH, is just a selfish glosshound who would speak while standing on his head if the NYT told him to.