Rudolph Guiliani made his bones putting Mafia chieftains away he is as tough as they get. There is nothing like leadership to achieve things and this is what is to be expected from him. And this is what you folks fear from him.
If he is as strong a leader as I think he will then he will win the nomination. The wildly hostile attitude towards him is limited to some here who are small minorities of the American people. At present he polls as well in Georgia and South Carolina as in Iowa and New Hampshire.
If he isn't as strong a leader as I think then I see no chance to defeat the Democrats in 08 and we will once again be subject to great dangers from an incompetent and/or craven foreign policy that allows our enemies to multiple and strengthen. Domestical policy will be your worst nightmares and economic blundering and looting of the taxpayer while a Supreme Court of Ginsburgs begins to be formed. Given the age of Ruth and Stevens a Republican president and Senate is critical to the future of the Republic.
I think much of his "Domestical" life will reflect in the the things he'll try to do as regards US "Domestical" policy. You can do quite a bit with the stroke of a pen. Reagan, for instance, instituted a "We ask, Don't join" policy as regards to homosexualizing the military and he ended sex-integrated basic training in the army; both by executive order. No doubt, Rudy disagreed with both.