"New York has a very large gay population. These people vote. Do you think its smart for a mayor to totally ignore shuch a big voting block? I don't."
You've raised an interesting point. Rudy's entire track record in elections is running for Mayor of NYC, which is among the most liberal places in the country, and a cinch to go Demon anyway. His politics is way out of line for even a moderate Republican (someone like a Bush or a Gerald Ford). Yet some people seem to think, purely on faith, that he can win a national election with his RINO stance.
Just forcing the police in NYC to start enforcing the law does not qualify someone to be POTUS.
I've asked the rudy supporters, but I don't know of any politician who has been elected president after the highest elected office they've held was mayor.
We've had military men with no experience, but has someone ever gone from mayor to president - and 6 years after they last served in public office?