"I'm a professional political consultant in Florida for whatever that's worth."
Well, that explains it.
While the GOP doesn't have the power to select a candidate, they can sure give a candidate sufficient exposure to anchor their countenance in people's minds and prepare them for the next election; it wasn't a roll of the dice that got Rudy Giuliani, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Barack Obama on prime time TV delivering speeches, but offered Alan Keyes a few minutes during dinner, and "Reverend" Al Sharpton six minutes after everyone had tuned in to their local news.
"Why would we intentionally wreck the winning est coalition since Roosevelt?"
Why do you assume that?
Because Giuliani is personally pro-choice?
That can be a non-starter, specially if Bush can have the SCOTUS secured by the end of his next term.
"Where are you from in Florida?"
I live in the Banana Republic of Florida; I am the Banana Republican!