[xzins]

what do you think about the theory that he might have actually ended up governing more conservatively ... Scalia pledge

I think all northeast politicians are mesmerized by the media in whose back yard they grew up, politically speaking. Rudy would have succumbed.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Well I would respectfully disagree with you on that, though I’ve enjoyed this exchange.

I think his Scalia pledge would have held - if for no other reason than it would get him off the hook. The courts are ultimately where the social issues are litigated, and while Rudy was a social liberal, he always concentrated on issues of law and order and economics as mayor. No reason to doubt him here. He was not a typical mesmerized NE politician, which you more or less admitted in an earlier post.

Again, I’m more concerned about a politician’s impact on my life than I am his or her deepest convictions. In many cases, the convictions can come back to haunt, but Rudy was never shown to be a liar.