rudy is eventually going to have to address the "contentious" positions he has. he should start with abortion - his position should be that he supports constitutionalist judges, and if Roe is eventually deemed unconstitutional - then so be it, abortion will not be made illegal, but will return to the States. and that's OK.
As a New Yorker, I think Ann Coulter's advice was very sound. She said Rudy should just say that he was mayor of the Soviet Union. OF COURSE he had to be liberal on social issues. But he should re-state his positions now.