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He is. He will split the base of the party, and when the base is split we lose.

Most of the anti-Rudy people are the anti-Rino, more-conservative-than-thou Republicans who want a STRCT social conservative.

Not all, but most of them, supported Alan Keyes a couple of presidential elections ago even though Keyes was never electable.

The Unappeasables need to understand what the word VIABLE in the term "viable candidate" means.

What base? You mean the base where they stayed home and didn't vote this time to teach us a lesson or all of us broken glass Republican base who are conservative and to us losing is not an option. Broken glass Republicans are the true base of this Party, and we are rising up to say enough is enough.

The right wing my way or no way crowd have tried to co-opt the Party from true broken glass Republicans thinking you and your my way or no way crowd could take over the Republican Party and all of us lifelong Republicans who have been in the trenches for years as Conservatives when you johnny come latelies came in the party were going to fade away. We are still here and fighting for Republican candidates while you one issue folks are bellyaching you don't like this or that candidate and taught us a lesson by staying home.

Those of us in the trenches know what it takes to win elections and hiding your heads in the sand that it has to be a true conservative or nothing doesn't win elections. You win elections by forming coalitions with other groups and to do that you need to bring in other people that will vote for your nationwide candidate. Some of you on FR have proved to us one too many times that you will vote 3rd party or stay home if a certain candidate is nominated and with that attitude do not deserve a seat at the table IMO. Pandering is over as far as I am concerned. Most one issue folks I know personally will back Rudy if nominated so that doesn't mesh with what I am reading on here.

I will back whoever is our nominee but I will work as hard as I can to see that nominee is Rudy because he can beat the DemocRATs and will stand up for America and against the terrorist. Appeasement is not a word that is in his vocabulary. You would think after 9-11, everyone would have learned but it is obvious that even on here some of you have forgotten what happened when you would threaten to stay home or not vote in 2008.

I say it is time for all of us to start reaching out to our neighbors, friends, family, and whoever will listen that the WOT is too important to hand over the WH to the likes of Ms. Clinton, Obama, or Edwards. We need a President with a backbone that is stiff and if he rubs the media the wrong way, works for me. That man is Rudy who has stood up whether you like him or not.

Rudy is not waffling trying to make himself into a social conservative to pander. He expresses his own opinion about abortion but doesn't pander. Shame some of you have your heads buried in the sand and have no clue how important this election is for our Nation and the men and women who lay their lives on the line every day to protect us.
I am a lifelong Conservative and Broken Glass Republican and to me "Losing is not an Option" and there is a huge difference in the two parties when it comes to national security which is at the top of the agenda! I proudly support Rudy as a Conservative because I believe he will get the job done, will surround himself with good people, and will appoint strict constitutionalist judges.