Gee Rudy, if you're so damned "electable" against Hillary Clinton, perhaps you can explain why you failed not once, but TWICE to take her on your HOME state where you enjoy the largest amount of support in the country?
Assuming Rudy is "the most competitive and viable general election candidate against Hillary Clinton", wouldn't that mean that Rudy's failure to stop her in NY is the very reason the rest of the nation is stuck with "Senator Clinton" running for President now?
Perhaps Rudy was frightened of Hillary? Or perhaps Rudy - planning to run for POTUS - wanted to avoid exposing his liberal agenda, notable on illegal aliens, and knew Hillary's votes would closely parallel his? Although Rudy makes some nice sounding statements, there is nearly always a "but . . ."
Why couldn’t Rudy beat Hillary in New York State?
Because on the political spectrum, New York State is just to the right of Cuba or Venezuala. High taxes unions, nanny state support, are all very popular there.
New York City voters only elected Guliani because after the mess created by Dinkins and Koch, they were desperate for change. And to Rudy’s credit, he did a fantastic job. He stood up for the cops, he made welfare recipients go to work. Crime dropped dramatically. Naturally, all of these things made him very unpopular with New Yorkers. Until 9.11 of course.
I’ll get blasted for this, but I like Rudy. He’s not as RINO as some people think. And he’s got the cajones to stand up to liberals, unlike George W. Bush. Of all the candidates running, he’s got the most executive experience, outside of the governors - Huckabee, Romney and Richardson. And New York City is bigger than all three of those states combined.