Posted on 05/09/2007 7:17:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
After months of giving ambiguous signals on abortion, Rudolph W. Giuliani is planning to offer a forthright affirmation of his support for abortion rights in public forums, television appearances and interviews in the coming days, despite potential consequences among some conservative voters already wary of his views, aides said yesterday.
At the same time, Mr. Giuliani’s campaign — seeking to accomplish the unusual task of persuading the Republican Party to nominate an abortion rights supporter as its presidential candidate — is eyeing a path to the nomination that would try to de-emphasize the early states in which abortion opponents wield a great deal of influence. Instead they would focus on the so-called mega-primary of Feb. 5, in which voters in states like California, New York and New Jersey are likely to be more receptive to Mr. Giuliani’s social views than voters in states like Iowa and South Carolina. They said that approach became more appealing after Florida, another state they said would be receptive to Mr. Giuliani, voted last week to move its primary forward to the end of January.
The shift in emphasis by Mr. Giuliani comes as his campaign has struggled to deal with the fallout from the first Republican presidential candidate debate in which he gave a halting and apparently contradictory responses to questions about his support for abortion rights. Mr. Giuliani’s aides were concerned both because it opened him up to a new round of criticism from abortion critics — who have never been happy with the prospect of a Republican presidential candidate who supports abortion rights — while threatening to undercut his image as a tough-talking iconoclast who does not equivocate on tough issues.
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I was 32 seconds behind you. LOL
-—His lying didn’t work so he’s now going to try a little stiff arming.-—
Yep! Changing tactics and it’s only May ‘07, the boy is doomed!
Guessing Giuliani really isn’t interested in that job as Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Manufactured and Modular Homes over at HUD.
Buh-bye, Rudy!
Yep!
Where have you gone, Mr. Thompson?
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
woo-woo-woo
Enter the race, Mr. Thompson
We all know that Rudy just won’t do
woo-woo-woo
woo-woo-woo
“Will the pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun planks be removed from the GOP platform to accommodate Rudy?”
Nope
In Rudy’s mind’s eye, the road to the White House is paved with dead babies.
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Unfortunately, Giuliani is ruthless and desperately yearns for the presidency. A man who is willing to do anything to achieve his goal is a dangerous adversary.
If Rudy thinks he is going to win the Republican primary in ANY state by emphasizing his pro-abortion views then he has really lost it. There may be less Republican voters in CA, NY, and NJ but those that are there still embrace the party platform which includes being pro-life. But hey, if Rudy wants to run a horrible campaign strategy that’s fine with me, it will make it that much easier to get rid of him.
Remember this is a NYT article. They are doing everything they can to shoot down the Republican candidates.
Looks like they are doing quite well looking at the responses on this thread.
Or maybe he was just delivering the towels...?
Great, now Hannity will be forced to stop chanting his "Rudy will appoint strict constructionists" mantra. I'm betting Hannity will be placed on suicide watch when this news makes it to Fox.
If the President in question is Clinton, it does.
“Why doesn’t he just run on the Democratic ticket?”
He already started the race as a Republican. Had he not done so, he might have pulled it off.
Perhaps they are based on his support of gun control?
If not his love of gun control, maybe it is his support of special rights for queers?
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