I don't think anyone questions that Guliani is a highly competent leader.
I think Guliani would be sound on the War on Terrorism, which is our most important issue and the most difficult to get right.
I think Guliani would be sound on taxes and size of government issues.
I could stop there; those are really the only issues I consider to be important. I like gun people, but I'm not one myself. And my views on abortion are ambivalent at best.
That being said, I don't think either issue has made much impact on the national scene. I don't think Rudy would use his political capital to deal with either one, because unless one of those issues is your sole mission in life, it's just not worth the political flak you'll get from the other side.
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My thoughts exactly. He would never take on his own party on those issues.
So, why did Bill Clinton say that the NRA beat Al Gore? I saw the interview where he said that.
But Hey, Clinton's an proven liar. Look at the states: Had Gore won his own state of Tennessee, he'd have won. The last time a state failed to go for a "Favorite Son" was something like 70 years ago. Even in the Reagan landslide of 1980, Jimmeh Cartah carried Georgia and not much else. In 2000, Tenn voted their guns. How about West-by-God Virginia? Huge mining state. Heavily democrat and extremely poor. Hasn't gone Republican since the 1950s or thereabouts. But the first day of deer season is a school holiday so young'uns can go out and help harvest meat for the winter table. WV voted their guns. Plain & simple. I don't know about abortion but the 2nd Amendment has enough legs to knock the stuffing out of just about anybody....once Americans understand the true stakes.