[beltfed308]

There are other issues besides the abortion issue as pointed out in this thread. They add up and affect a large percentage of potential voters. Do you really think that without the NRA and the religous right that Rudy could pull it off? That is not even factoring in the immigration issue.

Name recognition will not cut it as it hasn't even started to get warm in the kitchen yet for Rudy. Remember that the country was close to 50-50 on the last presidential election.

[Sunsong]

Lots of conservatives are supporting Rudy. The unappeaseables are not. That's their choice. I think that they should be let go. In other words I don't think they should be counted on as reliable votes and that means that the GOP needs to reach out to other voters...specifically the 47% who identified thmselves as independents in the 2006 election.