In the interests of full disclosure, though. I must tell you that I have not committed to any candidate as yet. I hope that as Republicans, we are adult enough to move beyond the Rudy-bot name calling, and will debate the candidates honestly.
For example: there is the "Judge appointment" canard that is doing the rounds. The Mayor in NYC is required to choose from candidates that are nominated by a nominating board or committee. This committee is run by Democrats. Can Rudy change the composition of the committee? He did, although admittedly, it remained heavily partisan.
However, in fairness to Rudy, one must point out that city government in NYC is heavily Democrat. No surprise there. If anyone wants to get anything done in NYC, he/ she had better be prepared to play ball to an extent.
The fact remains that Rudy turned NYC around. Ask any FReeper that lives or lived in NYC before and after Rudy. He was a very successful and effective Mayor, despite the hysteria that we witness on FR everyday now.
Sorry for the long-winded post.
Your points are all good ones. But as I've said, we don't know Rudy would be the best on terror. We just kind of assume it. And in fairness to the Rudy critics, I do think that weakness (or worse) on social issues can be yellow lights in terms of other issues. That's all I'm saying.
Bump and thanks for your excellent post!
Rudy said and TEd Olson confirmed that Rudy would indeed nominated judges the likes of Scalia and Alito. What more can we expect?
Compare that to the UNCHECKED power of a Dem president, with a Dem Congress, giving us liberal activist judges, fully controlling all three branches of the government.
2008 election is the most important in history, the fate of the nation is literally at stake.