What I don't get is why so many people feel he'll get the Republican Nomination. Why?
It's the old "It's his turn", ala Bob Dole in '96, thinking. I personally don't think he has a snowball's chance in Hell of winning the nomination after all the stunts he's pulled. As it is, unless he wins New Hampshire, he could be dropping out after the South Carolina primary. Anybody from the GOP base who still trusts him has to be as crazy as he is.
When Republican voters are polled, McVain and Giuliani are more or less tied for first place. However, the nominee isn't picked by all Republican voters but only those active enough to vote in the primaries.
The thinking is that the base will abandon Rudy once his views on social issues are known. His liberalism does concern me, but not nearly as much as the McVain characteristics so brilliantly captured in this article.