Posted on 03/03/2007 10:04:21 PM PST by FairOpinion
The man who was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for his response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is now leading in a slew of national polls and testing whether cultural and religious conservatives in the GOP will support a candidate who offers strong leadership on security and terrorism rather than ideological purity on social issues.
Whit Ayres, a Georgia-based Republican pollster, said he has been struck by the number of conservatives he encountered who disagree with Giuliani on abortion or gay rights but are still attracted to him as a possible Republican nominee. The issue is whether that appeal can survive through a long campaign in which Giuliani's New York record, his position on issues, his three marriages and his complex business dealings will be subjected to withering scrutiny.
The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll showed Giuliani leading McCain by 44 percent to 21 percent, with former House speaker Newt Gingrich at 15 percent and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney at 4 percent.
Many GOP strategists still question whether Giuliani can survive the scrutiny and develop a message that appeals to voters across the spectrum of Republican conservatism. In his speech Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Giuliani highlighted his record as a tax cutter, crime fighter and welfare reformer. But he offered little resembling a traditional conservative agenda for the future, other than saying the United States must remain on offense against terrorism. The speech won a polite but hardly enthusiastic response from the audience of activists.
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I wasn't talking about losing.
Rudy wants to fight the WOT; Hillary want to bring ALL of the troops home the day she is inaugurated.
Rudy wants to cut your taxes; Hillary want even MORE of your money, since YOU don't know how to spend it correctly.
I could easily go on and prove you wrong, but I won't bother, because obviously, facts don't matter to you at all.
How is Duncan Hunter being mistreated then?
in fairness, Bush43 has done the most. two very good SCOTUS nominations. Reagan did well with the lower court appointments, but appointed two pro-Roe justices (out of 3) to the Court. Bush41 was 1 for 2.
the socons also need to realize they aren't going to be able to do anything (federally) to stop gay civil unions in the States. and if Roe is overturned someday (as it should be, on constitutional grounds) - my own prediction is that no state would vote to outlaw abortion for adult women in the first 12 weeks.
HORSEFEATHERS.......it was the DEAN SCREAM t at did Dean in.
No, but your chosen one will have already drowned.
What kind of a question is that asking me if your parents are less of a Christian because they live in CA? How could I know that? It's a trick question and I wouldn't presume to know the answer to such a ridiculous question. Do your parent support Rudy? If so, fine, I have no beef with anyone who wants to support Rudy. Where I have issues is when people try to tell us that Rudy is the only one who is capable of winning the election on the republican side. Not true. He may possibly win the election, but you can be sure that there are enough evangelical conservatives and Jim Robinson conservatives who aren't going to support Rudy. I'm not saying Jim himself would not ultimately vote for Rudy if he is nominated, I don't know that Jim has said one way or the other. But there are many here on FR and evangelical Christians who would sit it out or vote third party. So how does that help Rudy get elected when a good percentage of the republican base isn't going to support him?
common sense is not an option on FR these days ;)
However, as a February 2007 New York Times article pointed out, "Mr. Giuliani has been alone [among Republican candidates] in saying that such a strategy may not succeed, potentially providing him cover should the situation in Iraq deteriorate further. And he has put the strategy in a broader context that plays down the importance of Iraq."
["No he wasn't. The Iowa tracking polls showed Kerry surging to #1 five days prior..."]
Well... it's a bit more than 5 days from voting, now, isn't it? What did the polls show one YEAR before the voting?
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
February 22, 2007The two front-runners for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination -- Arizona Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani -- have not signed an anti-tax-increase pledge that has been embraced by several of their rivals.
You got those talking points down good don't you? Sounds like a broken record now.
" Chalk one more up for the beast!!!!, Chalk one more up for the beast!!!!, Chalk one more up for the beast!!!!, Chalk one more up for the beast!!!!, Chalk one more up for the beast!!!!, Chalk one more up for the beast!!!!".
John Kerry and Joe Lieberman in the lead.
I'm not sure if he will even be nominated...and I honestly didn't know what you meant by Hearland Christians vs left coast Christians....I like Rudy for some things and don't like him for others....I also don't like the "true conservatives" that I feel lost the last election for us with corruption and fraud....being a great conservative did not help George Allen or Rick Santorum on bit....and that is a shame....
I wonder if George Washington, Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin would have a chance today with the Christian right? Personally, I'm looking for a patriot not a saint.
Hunter was head of the House Committee for military affairs, It was under HIS watch that the Vets got put into substandard facilities after leaving Walter Reed. It was under HIS watch, that stuff going to Iraq and Afghanistan was sub par. And considering that otherwise he has only been a backbencher, with no real real life executive experience, and some shady dealings to boot, he hasn't a prayer, in the primaries; if he lasts that long.
Rudy.Rudy,Rudy....
I hate her with a passion and will do everything in my power to keep her and the sink emperor from getting back in MY WHITE HOUSE!
Your childishness is duly noted btw!
The "milestone" was a group of militant homosexuals waging war on vice cops because they raided an illegal, mobbed-up, drug-filled gay club that doubled as a house of prostitution with a menu of underage boys. Rebellion, my ass. It was a planned riot. An all-out assault on the NYPD by drug dealers and pimps.
And this is something America's Mayor saw fit to celebrate. That's beautiful.
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