[Austin Willard Wright]

Socialist is too wrong a word but Rudy is no friend of limited government, even in his rhetoric. If president, we can pretty much guarantee that he'd bring in national health insurance.

[Blackirish]

Rudy Giuliani inherited a $2.3 billion dollar budget deficit and turned it into a multi-billion dollar surplus, while cutting taxes and delivering balanced budgets. He cut the number of full-time city workers by more than 20,000 – excluding teachers, firefighters, and police officers – while slowing the growth of government spending to below the rate of inflation.

Too bad the current administration is not as fiscally conservative as Rudy

[khnyny]

"Bush to Offer Health Insurance Reforms"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16743538/

Health insurance is a hot issue currently, even President Bush is talking about it.

I understand your reservations re Rudy not being a true conservative, but I truly don't see any Republican who has a realistic chance of winning the nomination who is not more of a centrist. In all honesty, Bush is no real conservative either, if by conservative you mean limiting government and spending.