I don't like Rudy at all - his being an enthusiastic gun-grabber with authoritarian leanings rules him out for me, and being a generally liberal person on domestic issues doesn't help...
...BUT...
...anyone who says that they'll stay home or vote 3rd party if it is a Rudy-Hitlery race next November is, IMHO, sorely lacking in judgment.
Why? Because we are a 2 party nation. Except for the odd statehouse race every few years and 1 or 2 Congressional seats, all races of national importance go to someone with an R or a D after their name. That's a fact, like it or not, and has been for over 100 years and will continue to be for the forseeable future. That means that failing to vote for Little Evil in the General Election makes the election of Big Evil a far more likely event.
IMHO, you vote for and contribute to the person you like the most in the primaries, and you hold your nose and vote for the least bad candidate in November. I'd have thought that conservatives would have learned that lesson with the Bush v. Clinton race of 1992.
Its always been my opinion that Americans are obligated to vote. Its our duty as citizens of the best nation on Earth and the greatest nation in history. However, not voting for Rudy Giuliani would not be a vote for Hillary Clinton. Not voting for Rudy in the general election would be a decision of individual choice, a matter of conscience, principle and integrity. Not voting for a liberal, is good judgment in my opinion.
Ronald Reagan was still a Democrat when he voted for Eisenhower in 52&56, and Nixon in 1960. That was also a matter of conscience, principle and integrity on Reagan's part. Reagan even left the Democratic Party after 30 years, because their politics had taken a wrong direction, moving away from what he believed in. Its no different today.
Personally, I think supporting, promoting and voting for a liberal like Rudy Giuliani, will undermine the Republican Party`s strength and fracture the GOP allowing a Democrat to win the White House.