Rudy is a good guy in many ways, a good leader. He might win in 2008; but if he wins, it ultimately means the end of the Republican party.
I don't have a clue why people keep saying Rudy will bring an end to the Republican Party. Rudy is a REPUBLICAN and IMO it takes nerve for any Freeper to say that. You must be a social conservative because no other type of Repubican would make such a statement. Repubicans are not just social conservatives, they are fiscal conservatives, moderates, and some liberals.
I take it you have never been involved in the trenches in the Republican Party because any of us that have will tell you the Republican Party is here to stay and here to fight to Take Back the House and Senate and Keep the White House.
The Republican Party is going to be even more alive and vibrant with Rudy as President. We are going to grow the Party and if we grow the Party, we will be able to make our voices heard in Congress that if they don't shape up and do the business they are sent to do, then we will have someone waiting in the wings to take their place.
People whining and bitching in corners will be the end of the Republican party, not leaders like RUdy.