Because I lean a little to the libertarian side, I see it a little differently, so let me speak up for the Rudyphiles.
First, what Rudy did in NYC prior to 9/11 (forget about after 8:46AM that morning, lots of politicians could have done that) was profoundly conservative. Liberals don't believe in cleaning up the streets by tracking, finding, and putting away bad guys. They don't even believe in the concept of bad guys. Rudy drove the entire New York Left crazy, all the time, every day. They hated him with a passion. Every other remotely conservative politician in the tri-state area was afraid of pissing those people off. Not Rudy.
Second, there is a difference between social conservatives who want to clean up the sewer that is our popular culture and social life by conversion of hearts and those who want to do it with the power of the Federal government. Ronald Reagan was the former type. Many candidates being flogged by the hate Rudy crowd are of the latter type.
I do not believe that a big government conservative who is running for office for the purpose of achieving social conservative victories through legislation or regulation can ever be elected to national office in this country - as the Hunterites are about to find out.
What new legislation am I asking for? I want to stop new legislation that awards special rights to gays and or that will end up making it a hate crime to speak out against the gay agenda. I'm also supporting appointing judges who will correctly interpret the constitution per original intent and I'm sure eventually they will overturn Roe vs Wade and whatever other decisions that may be blocking a return of the issue of abortion to the states. Let the people decide. Not the feds or the courts. I'm also trying to block new gun control legislation and getting existing unconstitutional law thrown out. Same goes for tossing out McCain-Feingold and other unconstitutional restrictions on free speech/free religion.
Guess I am asking for new legislation tightening up penalties against illegal aliens and their enablers, but we can certainly debate whether they're justified or not.