My god. Your Orwellian reversal of the truth is complete. PRO-LIFE CATHOLIC DEMS WERE A KEY SWING VOTE FOR BUSH IN 2004 IN OHIO. YOU CANNOT DENY THAT AWAY.
There *are* reasons for them to cross. Reasons you keep ignoring, refusing to respond to.
Where did I say there were no others? There are pro-gun crossovers. Rudy won't get those. But you think Rudy can run left as a pro-war pubbie and pull in gobs of Dems and Indies, even though the antiwar sentiment grows dramatically with even a slight leftward movement. You are delusional.
I ask again, do you at all recognize Rudy's strength as "the man that cleaned up NYC"?
Not in a national election.
This is the basic fact that you are in denial of. And your missing this point is the flaw in your analysis.
He's known as 'Americas Mayor'. People nationally feel he cleaned up NYC, and was tough on 9/11. He's known as a good govt manager who did an amazingly great job turning around the biggest city.
This will cause many, many Ds to cross over.
Yet you ignore this.
We'll just have to wait and see who's predictions turn out to be right. Then again, I thought the Dallas Cowboys would make the playoffs . . . so my crystal ball isn't something I'd be willing to bet the farm on!