That's probably the best post I've ever seen you put up.
I'm pretty much in that boat. So long as the national power-that-be at the RNC read Rudy the riot act over the 2nd Amendment, I'm fine with him. He doesn't want to be a one term President, which is what he'll be if he makes a dumb move on guns. Beyond that, his ability to steal practically the entire center from a polarizing Dem like Hillary would be utterly crippling. Most independents in America aren't really fazed by his personal life, and the conservatives that are, push comes to shove, won't abandon the country to Hillary over it. Not in large numbers, anyway.
I like FT's political views on things considerably more, but you don't get to the Oval Office on your views. Hillary and Rudy are prepared to get in the ring and go for the jugular, day in and day out, for months and years on end. You don't get to be President by being drafted. (Who was that last guy to be elected President that had to be talked into it?) You get there by drive, ambition, and raw perseverance.
Republicans also need more on the resume than a few years in the Senate. To my knowledge, Fred's never run anything larger than his Senate staff. Rudy's never been a governor, but he did manage a city larger and more complex than many states in the union. So, in the experience and drive category, Rudy wins, and in the political views and philosophy section, Fred wins. But only Rudy is accumulating money and establishment support right now. If Fred doesn't get in the race, i.e., shows no drive, he won't get any money or support either. He's going to have to want it more than Rudy does in order to catch up and beat him, and right now there's zero indication that's the case.