I suppose I could live with it. I'd chose Allen first, too, but Rudy would be good on the WOT. His stance on abortion and gay pride irk me, but in reality, those two issues are things that a President can't really do much about, as they are and should remain, States issues.
Who knows? I didn't know much about President Bush pre-2000 and there certainly isn't another Ronald Reagan coming over the hill that I can see.
No Republican is every conservative enough for me, so there would be no pleasing me 100% anyway. And I'll NEVER vote for a Dimowit. Ever. So that's a non-issue. ;)
"every" = "ever" conservative enough...
If Rudy took a stance on Judicial nominiations similar to Bush's -- judges that will follow original intent and not invent new laws -- he'd go a long way to get a lot of GOP votes. As far as abortion and gays, this is the area where a President has the most influence.