But at this point in the election cycle, he was way behind in the polls, and no one thought he had a chance to win the Presidency.
Conservatives who are already throwing up their hands and conceding to Rudy don't seem to have much fight left in them. Unfortunately, if too many are like that, we might as well start monograming the White House towels with donkeys. (Not because Rudy can't beat Hillary, but because Republicans with no fight in them can't win the Presidency.)
I'm not conceding the race to anyone, although I do not yet know whom I will support.
"Conservative" is a broad term and there's no doubt in my mind that Giuliani holds many conservative values. He also holds some values to the left of mine. The more a person disagrees with him on a particular issue, the more that person is likely to brand him as a liberal, or a RINO, but that doesn't make it so.
In my estimation, he's a fiscal conservative, tough on crime and defense, and a social moderate.
That doesn't make him a liberal. He would not be welcome in the Rat party.
We've seen quite an outpouring of sentiment among some social conservatives here that they would rather see Hillary elected than to cast a vote for Rudy. That makes no sense to me, but the sentiment appears to be honest.
The question for Rudy is whether he can still get a majority of the ballots if those social conservatives either stay at home or cast a protest vote. I don't have an answer to that question for him.