[Baladas]

To me, this the enemy's game plan - to keep the GOP base split and to get kooks to run third party

[Bommer]

The polls make it clear that Mr. Giuliani is the Republican most likely to beat Mrs. Clinton

Same ones that predicted John Kerry for President?

[knarf]

"Mr. Giuliani might be the strongest of the Republicans on border security, but his views about illegals who just came here to work are too kind for some.

Hah !

[rawcatslyentist]

>"Mr. Giuliani's pro-choice views on abortion. This would be a clear case of cutting off one's nose to spite one's face."

IF you KNOW it's gonna spite ones face..... WHY DO IT????

Rudy should be retroactively aborted. He's all for it! It's ok with him.

[roamer_1]

Mr. Giuliani might be the strongest of the Republicans on border security

HA!

[Redleg Duke]

Yep. All those “principled conservatives” who either don’t vote or vote for Ron Paul “to send a message” will give this country to the socialists.

[Caipirabob]

The third - and the most likely - is that Ron Paul will run on the Libertarian ticket. This should help Republicans, because most of the votes Mr. Paul likely would get would come from moonbats apoplectic about recent successes in Iraq.

So very true. Ron Paul voters seriously need to reevaluate their priorities and those here their place in this forum.

[GOPJ]

bttt

[bill1952]

In a two-candidate race, the Republican wins, especially if the Republican is named Giuliani.
In a multiple candidate race, Mrs. Clinton wins.

*Cough* - Bullsh*t.

Exactly the reverse, and I would also put money on the quess that the writer knows it.

[Nuc1]

As a petulant conservative I will never vote for the beast. I will never discard my vote and allow the beast to win.

[Seaplaner]

In a multiple candidate race, Mrs. Clinton wins.

I wish there was a way to convince some well-meaning but intractable folks here that this is unquestionably the case.

In fact, I expect Mrs. Clinton to clandestinely underwrite a third party candidate, if there is none kindly provided by Dobson et al.

[Hydroshock]

There is no way I will ever ote fro Rino Rudy. I will go third party first. It is time to stop this liberal.

[George W. Bush]

To me, this the enemy's game plan - to keep the GOP base split and to get kooks to run third party

Actually, Republicans are trying to get Bloomberg to run again, hoping that could split the Dim vote in some key northeastern states like NY, NJ, PA, CT.

Republicans like me who support Ron Paul in the primaries are very likely to stay with the GOP. I'm going to vote GOP unless Giuliani is the nominee. To vote for him would compromise everything I've voted for over the years. And I don't like him and I don't trust him at all. I can easily for for any other candidate in the GOP field and I think Fred or Mitt show a lot of promise.

Ron Paul says he won't run third-party. And that is sensible. It really is wrong to run for a party's nomination in its primaries and then jump ship when you lose the primaries. Even in 2000, Buchanan left the party long before the primaries for this reason. I don't think voters will vote in any great numbers for a sore loser who participates in the primary process and then refuses to abide by it. If you do that, you were never a member of the party to begin with.

Now, someone like Bloomberg who is a liberal party-hopper to begin with, he could get away with running since he isn't participating in the GOP primaries. And that's why some GOP bigwigs are trying to get him to run. He would do far more damage to Hitlery than to us. And in her key states. He would also hurt Giuliani too, another reason not to pick Rudi if Bloomberg decides to run because they both appeal to the same kinds of voters, Bloomberg being Rudi's handpicked successor.

[Little Ray]

"Mr. Giuliani has said he'll appoint judges like Chief Justice John Roberts and Samuel Alito."

Unfortunately, there is no record of Rudy appointing conservative or "constructionist" judges while mayor of NYC. Why we should believe him is beyond me.