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believing that Rudy is the only one who stands a chance against Hilldog.

I'm curious, if Rooty Toot is the "only one who stands a chance" of beating Hitlery, why didn't he run against her in 2000? (And here's a hint, cancer isn't an excuse, being mayor of NYC is more stressful than running for the senate.) And why didn't he run against her last year. Could it be that deep down Rooty Toot knows he doesn't stand a chance?

Another reason is people view the WOT as the #1 concern and believe Rudy to the the leader whose experience in this trumps his negatives.

Name ONE positive thing that Rooty Toot has done in the war on terror.

Would it be NOT preparing an evacuation plan for buildings that had been shown to be vulnerable in that area?
Would it be putting a command center in the middle of a known terrorist target?
Would it be barring law enforcement officials from checking on the status of non-Americans?
Would it be suggesting a criminal as Homeland Security Secretary?

I didn’t say I agree, this was an analysis of the marketing appeal of the candidate. There is little doubt that if you ask 75% of the American public who the ‘heroes’ were on 9/11, they would include Rudy in that list.

You are right in your assessment, but 99.99% of the country aren’t Freepers who can see this. You shouldn’t hope for the best simply based on what you read here.

There are problably 3-4 good conservatives on the ticket and 2 average conservatives that are running against Rudy. During the primaries, the 20% or so of us who see through Rudy will get out there and split our votes among these 6-7 candidates, and Rudy will grab the 80% of the ‘Right’s’ vote that isn’t as informed as we are...

UNLESS.. we start unifying behind a strong candidate and doing so loudly. IMHO, there is only one candidate that has the name recognition and the conservative credentials that can do this (That’s Fred)..

The point is we shouldn’t delude ourselves into thinking a majority on the Right realizes the truth about Rudy.