I think the secret of Rudy's appeal is that he is not viewed as strident.
He simply is not an "ideologue".
Personally, I prefer a conservative "ideologue" over a "moderate" any day, but Rudy does say very clearly that he would appoint judges like Alito (whom he knows), Roberts, Thomas, and Scalia. In fact he has stated clearly that abortion laws should be left to the states and their legislatures - - that is, he has no problem with Roe being overturned.
On most other "hot button" issues, Rudy absolutely fails to scare me. Rudy can't do a stinking thing about guns and homos - - that stuff is still left to the Congress. Some people act like a President is a king or something.
Regards,
LH
I agree with you and the WOT and SCOTUS is my #1 and #2 issues -- actually probably SCOTUS is and should be #1 followed closely by WOT. I do want to know more about what Rudy would do with the immigration mess.