[veronica]

Rudy is running for President. He is a Republican. He has supported Bush unequivocally in the WOT and regards to Iraq. He has been endorsed by some bedrock conservatives, like Ted Olson. Also - Rudy is consistently number one in the polls. He has a record as a fiscal conservative and crime fighter. I certainly respect the fact that you do not personally support Rudy for POTUS. So I guess the question is, do you allow FR, as a forum, to be a platform for those Republicans and Conservatives who do support Rudy, or do you banish them and all discussion of Rudy, excepting anti-Rudy posts? What do you do if he gets the nomination? Does FR become an anti-Rudy site? If it's Hillary vs. Rudy - what happens then at FR??

If FR continues to allow the full slate of candidates to be discussed, and that includes Rudy, then I don't see the point of this thread, and I say that with total respect of the fact that this is your site, and you get to run it as you see fit.

[Jim Robinson]

You might try paying a little attention to some of the conservatives here. I think the chances of Rudy ever getting the nomination or of becoming president are somewhere between slim to none and not a snowball’s chance in hell.

[Miss Didi]

...If it's Hillary vs. Rudy - what happens then at FR??

Excellent post, veronica. Wondering the same thing.

[Delphinium]

Does FR become an anti-Rudy site?

If FR stand for what Jim says it should be. And I believe the numbers prove that it is an anti-Rudy site already.

[Hawk1976]

It is really very simple. A Rudy victory with or without conservative support will totally destroy the conservative movement.

If conservatives support Rudy, then we are willing to prostitute our vote and sell out our beliefs. We will be no better than the Americans with darker pigment than other Americans are in the Democrat Party’s Calculation. There is no good reason for us to do this. Not even Hell on the horizon would be good enough.

If Rudy wins without conservative support, we lose but our movement remains intact. Rudy’s fiscal conservatism will lose every time against his social liberalism, regardless.

Rudy is not the only electable candidate with an R by his name. He is also no 80% ally of mine.

[Hawk1976]

It is really very simple. A Rudy victory with or without conservative support will totally destroy the conservative movement.

If conservatives support Rudy, then we are willing to prostitute our vote and sell out our beliefs. We will be no better than the Americans with darker pigment than other Americans are in the Democrat Party’s Calculation. There is no good reason for us to do this. Not even Hell on the horizon would be good enough.

If Rudy wins without conservative support, we lose but our movement remains intact. Rudy’s fiscal conservatism will lose every time against his social liberalism, regardless.

Rudy is not the only electable candidate with an R by his name. He is also no 80% ally of mine.