Having said that, Rudy should take Ann Coulter's advice and lay out his positions afresh--now that he's no longer mayor of the Soviet Union.
Events as yet to come int he world will dramatically shape the 208 election, in ways that we can't yet image. 9/11 was in no one's mind when W was inaugurated...it defined his presidency...or to put it more simplistically...it's difficult to picket an abortion mill in Queens, or the UN, when all of midtown Manhattan is contaminated by the residue of a dirty bomb exploding at Grand Central..