In an almost evenly divided electorate the elections of 2000, 2004 and 2006 have shown the NE and Midwest states turning increasingly and firmly blue.
MN, PA, MI, IL, WI, & NJ were once states that could flip Republican. Those days appear to be over.
IA, OH, MO, CO, NM and (gasp!) AZ appear to be sliding that way too.
Hillary would win every state Kerry won, and I guarantee she'd win Iowa. I live here. NM, CO and MO would be in great danger. OH a tossup.
The GOP has to stop this slide or they're thin margins of 2000 and 2004 will be distant memories, like Reagan's 49 state landslide.
Giuliani has said he'd govern from the right and he's not the type of politiician who makes empty promises.
He'd make it impossible for a Democrat to win if he could take NY's 31 electoral votes. But he'd be competitive in all the states listed above, maybe even CA, OR, and WA.
His "moderate" Republican label is great, because he's not a moderate. Let the media think he is because he's actually a Ronald Reagan conservative on taxes, Gerald Ford on spending, and an originalist on Supreme Court justices, supporting judges like Scalia, Roberts and Alito.
Rudy could take this big old blue state, CA. as well. He's probably the only Republican that could.
I've always liked Guiliani. Even bought his book on leadership. He has the makings of a very good leader. He will have to convince so people he is right on some issues.
One thing I've noticed is that politicans change their views when they broaden it for national politics. I'd like to see where he stands on the issues that everyone comlains about.