[Gelato]

I'm much less concerned with gay marriage{who cares?} and abortion than the WOT the borders and the budget

Count yourself in the minority of voters, who, in 2004, cited social issues as more important to them than the economy and war.

Pragmatically, it would be foolish to disgard the very issues that have proven a winner to Republicans for years.

That, and it's wrong.

[Gelato]

disgard = discard

[Sabramerican]

Kerry is/was a clown and worse, with even a stange wife that should have cost him a huge number of votes, and yet came within 100000 votes in Ohio of beating a sitting President in time of war.

Against Kerry, Bush should have had a Reagan type 1984 landslide

So much for the social issues that concerned the voters. Don't believe the hype.

[Beagle8U]

"Pragmatically, it would be foolish to disgard the very issues that have proven a winner to Republicans for years."

EXACTLY !

The big ones are Queer marriage, Abortion, and Gun Control.

Both Rudy and McCain have that stench all over themselves, and it wont wash off.

[Blackirish]

Not this time around.
With Breyer turning 86 and Ginsburg falling asleep I think W gets another pick.
Roe V Wade may well be overturned before 08.

Taking that off the table...good. With the disaster a cultural conservative has created in regards to the budget and the borders voters will demand competence as the issue. The way Rudy handled the worst attack on this country ever proves he has that in spades.
Cultural conservatives will be stiff armed.