[OldFriend]

My 29 yr. old daughter is firmly pro life, but she wants to feel safe when flying, when going to a shopping mall, when visiting NY. She doesn't want to think that killers are lurking, waiting for dems to take over our government.

Her friends are not afraid of Rudy's social positions at all. They want to be safe.

Their lives changed forever after 9/11.

[California Patriot]

I definitely agree that this is the most important issue. It's one reason I've been (mostly) keen on Rudy. I'm still interested in possibly supporting him, and I'm still defending him against some of the stupider raps against him on FReep. But there are certain objections against Rudy that have to be taken seriously. After all, we don't have any particular reason to think that Romney or Newt would be weaker on terror than Rudy. They could be just as good, conceivably better.