My point is to move the ball to the right. You don't get a touchdown every time, but you move the ball.
Giulliani was able to move New York City electorate (and governance) to the right. Chris Christie is able to do the same in NJ. I am positive that it is impossible to move the ball to the right in NJ or NYC more than these 2 gentlemen have done.
So Christie and Giulliani are successes to be celebrated. As a result of their tenure, people in NYC and NJ get to live under far more competent government compared to liberal Democrat alternatives (Corzine in NJ, David Dinkins in NYC).
But to a lot of freepers, Giulliani, Christie are hopeless RINOs, even enemies. It is a self defeating strategy on part of the freepers.
As far as liberal New England senators (Snow, Collins, Brown), quantity has a quality of its own (as Joe Stalin said). You need certain quantity to filibuster, or to break a filibuster, and any RINO will make a difference between success and failure. We were one RINO short of defeating Obamacare (or too late).
What is the best play in todays presidential election to move the ball to the right? I wish the answer was simple. I wish the answer was as simple as defeating Romney. I think it is a lot more complex.
1. If we lose this election, we lose the country, because Obamacare will be impossible to uproot with Obama in the office. (Vote Romney to get a first down, overturn Obamacare?)
2. If we don't follow Ron Paul's 1 trillion budget cuts, the country will go bankrupt. (Vote Paul or Perry to get serious cuts?)
3. If we are not vigilant to the dangers from abroad (islamo-fashists, Iran), terrorists may inflict a serious blow to the US. (Vote Santorum or Gingrich?)
I think a lot of Republicans are asking themselves these questions, and are often shouted down for not conforming to the strict anti-Paul, anti-Romney orthodoxy of FR.
I think Giuliani was a fine Mayor for my son’s home of New York city.
That is two posts and you haven’t gotten to the presidency of the United States yet.