"In addition, by changing his position, he would actually lose support among his natural followers, disappointed in flip-flopping on an issue. His reputation as a leader would be tarnished."
Right. Back in the day when people had to fumble with paper newsclippings, a politician could get away with changing positions on issues. Nowadays, it's not so easy. I'm glad too. It should not be easy to weasle out of a pro-abortion speech.
Some Republicans seem to excuse the social liberal views of Giuliani by believing he would be strong on homeland security. Searching the 'net a few months ago, I found this statement:
"Some of the hardest-working and most productive people in this city are undocumented aliens. If you come here and you work hard and you happen to be in an undocumented status, you're one of the people who we want in this city. You're somebody that we want to protect, and we want you to get out from under what is often a life of being like a fugitive, which is really unfair."Undocumented aliens: we want to protect you? That sort of pandering is a backward step.Rudy Giuliani The New York Times, June 10, 1994, p.A1
His supporters had better do their research before joining the Giuliani bandwagon.