You should read up on the stats on the 2006 election! REPUBLICANS DID NOT STAY HOME - they went to the polls and voted straight Republican - it was Independents and Moderates fed up with Republicans and Social Conservative'ss "holier than thou" attitude (when in turned out that they were just as corrupt and greedy as the Democrats) that made them turn to the Democrats. They were teaching us a lesson. And if you think a Social Conservative will win in 2008 you are very much mistaken. independents and Moderates who hold the deciding vote in a presidential election will not elect one in 2008. Maybe in 2012 we can elect one but not in 2008. There needs to be someone who can pull in the moderates, Independents and Blue-Dog Democrats and Rudy can do that.
"Rudy can do that."
Reagan DID that, and he didn't run as a rino or pander for votes.
He espoused a conservative philosophy in an attractive way and won a landslide. When the country was much more liberal and there was no alternative media.
Every time the republicans run and govern as conservatives with ideals they win. When they run people just to gain power and squander that power, they lose. History proves that out.