[NittanyLion]

Rudy and his handlers had to know that abortion and gun control will be his biggest hurdles to clear if he is to win the GOP nomination. The fact that his answers on abortion have been so muddled boggles my mind. He had months to come up with clear and concise answers; what was he doing all that time?

As I see it, he must be either hopelessly out of touch with everything west of the East River, arrogant, stupid, or all of the above.

[don-o]

Agree. I have to think that he is gambling that he can win w/o pro lifers. So, his defense does not even matter. He's reaching out here.

I always have said it's not going to work.

[izzatzo]

All of the above-he is a NYC elitist who doesn’t even know there is the “rest of the country.”

I’m a Texan living in NY state, and there are a number of people, particularly urban denizens, up here who couldn’t care less about the rest of the country and don’t know anything about the rest of the country. The funny thing about it is that that attitude pretty much stops once you cross the NY/PA stateline. I speak from personal experience.

As far as I’m concerned, NYC/boroughs, etc. should be converted to a fully owned, in perpetuity, colony of the US, something like Hong Kong was to the British. And, it should be made to pay through the nose for its privilege of being under the umbrella of the US. Therefore, it would receive some of the treatment, in kind, that it has dished out to the rest of the country, including the balance of NY State.

Flame away, Big Apple lovers!