When you believe that Illegal Aliens are the front line issue, you are living in a bubble.
The front line issue in the REAL World is, #1., The Iraq War. #2 the economy, #3. The environment, while the Illegal issue is not even in the top 5. (This was taken from memory of an exit poll last December. But the top issues were clearly not Illegal immigrants.)
We shall see what happens in the early primaries.
Illegals coming into Northeastern (and other) states and depressing wages IS an economic issue. Porous borders is a security issue. You can figure out what a flood of immigrants flooding north with large families means for the environment from the point of view of, say, New Englanders. We in California are used to it, but they are shocked.
I'll agree but add another important point...as a matter of fact, I'd make it #2 behind terrorism/Iraq...supreme court nominations.
Everyone that says they could not vote for Rudy and will stay home ignores that one of the most important things the next POTUS will do is nominate at least two USSC justices that will affect the court for years.
Rudy has said he's in favor of strict constructionists...I'll tka my chances with him over any Democrat.
The abortion issue is settled by the courts, not the POTUS...so ignoring Rudy for his personal opinion about abortion is short-sighted.