Giuliani and his backers are not shocked at the response of Conservatives, like myself, to his candidacy. Their emphasis has been on determining the depth, width, and length of support available to Rudy from within the GOP’s ranks. If his GOP nomination should result, and I doubt that, they will of course be delighted. However, I sense that Rudy is angling toward another goal; and that would be putting his stamp onto the middle. The ambivalence that characterizes his campaign, IMHO, is more than mere miscalculation on Rudy’s part. He has no doubt been impressed with Lieberman’s approach. And I am watching for what could be the most fractured presidential campaign since 1860.
And we know what followed that election...