Rudy can win my vote.
He has to:
Denounce abortion.
Denounce gun-control.
Denounce the gay agenda.
He has to do it before the Iowa Caucus.
Then I'll be interested.
Why would you be interested in voting for someone that moves their positions on issues that you agree with, just to get your vote?
I think he'll clear up the gun control issue. And I think he'll clarify the abortion and gay issues although not to everyone's satisfaction.
I can't wait for him to announce as I think some of these problems will go away and that there will be more at ease with him.
I could be satisfied if Rudy said that he would not push an agenda on these issues. As we have seen in the abortion debate, there is a limit to how much a President can do on some social issues. Reagan and George W. despite their opposition to abortion could really do nothing about it.
If Rudy renounces his views, he would look like a rank opportunist.
What I really want Rudy to emphasize is his commitment to appoint strict constitutionalists to the courts. That is where a difference can be made on social issues. At least, such people could stop the practice of forcing social issues down our throat by judicial fiat and put the issues back into the political arena.
I would rather have Guiliani for awhle than I would to lose a massacre which could happen if one of the more "pure" conservatives ran. The conservative movement needs to regroup. The fact that no strong conservative candidate with a realistic chance of winning has emerged, tells us that we have work to do. Consider Rudy a place-holder until we can get our act together.
Personally he can believe anything he wants as long as he believes in and follows the constitution... and he is a believer in the constitution and judges who believe in the constitution.