As for wanting Rudy, that's fine, it's your choice. Each candidate offered some fairly strong benefits, even if they were offset in other's eyes one way or another. I mean, look what we ended up with...Rudy would have made a filet out of Obambi.
I wanted Fred. *sigh* Oh, to have a Fred Thompson from 20 years ago in the race.
I lived in NY during Rudy, and I lived in NY during 911.....many Americans know Rudy's worth and don't get hung up on stuff that will never come up....