Your list distorts most of the issues wrt Rudy's stance. It has little to do with reality. And the same old arguments gets thrown up-"wait till people know what he believes" which assumes even FReepers are politically ignorant. As more and more info is released Rudy's number keep climbing thereby refuting that claim.
Many are here have stated they are turned off by such attempts at deception and are MORE likely to vote for Rudy.
Your problem is finding someone who can BEAT him. And that is a HUGE problem. Particularly since those you would prefer have NO following to speak of, are complete unknowns, nutcases or hated. Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter, Huckabee, Tancredo, Brownback, Newt or Fred are not going to blaze into the stratosphere uniting all under them.