Well McCain has skeletons, Newt has skeletons... and who knows about some of the others....for the past two years people kept saying Allen or Santoruim... and I'd say they are not ready for primetime... look what happened to them this time around in running for Senate... The Dems are starting to take pages out of our playbook to beat us.
So go ahead, vote for a nice, conservative, Republican and then live with the results for the next 8 years. Personally, I'd rather wake up to a news conference with Rudy in the morning instead of Hillary.
Before Clinton was elected, 2 or 3 books came out about his personal history, blind ambition, questionable character, the corruption in Arkansas, his relationship with and the influence of Hillary. Well, it all came out, and worse, when Bill was elected. Although his narcissistic psychosis was pretty much ignored by the press, his sexual deviancy and predation were not. Even Ed Bradley asked Kathleen Wiley if Bill was "aroused" on 60 Minutes. (She shook her head in the affirmative)
His character deficiencies were visible for all to see before he was elected.
I'm sure there will be several books written about Rudy between now and the nomination. If they present clear evidence of severe character flaws, ala Clintong, then thumbs down. Until then, all the character police should keep an open mind.