So the candidate that 'everyone' must get behind must be a 100% social conservative. Good compromise.
I would (reluctantly) vote for Giuliani vs. Hillary in the general.
But now, I'll work against him. And the fact is, I could forgive Giuliani for bad positions one one or maybe even two major issues - but he's about 0 for 6 on social and gun rights issues.
And I'm a fiscal conservative first and a social conservative second...but Rudy's just not fitting the bill.
"So the candidate that 'everyone' must get behind must be a 100% social conservative"
I shouldn't have said "everyone". I should have said "almost everyone".
There's always someone who's not going to vote for a candidate because of the color of their hair...
But we can't afford to give up even 5% of the base. Presidential elections tend to be way to close for that.