OTOH, since the MSM has moved the GOP into a permanent RED STATE position, ignoring decades of historical moves out and into the colors red and blue, by the winning and losing parties, YES, FAR BETTER RED; meaning far better a map covered in RED, come the election of '08. Don't you agree?
Yeah you did.
Your post:
"If one is dead, social issues mean nothing."
The social issues we are talking about here include the God given unalienable rights to life, liberty, 1st and 2nd amendment issues, etc. Most of us will fight to the death to defend these rights and we're not going to surrender to the socialists or to the socially liberal "conservatiives" who will do all in their power to strip them from us.
Besides, your "if one is dead" is a straw man argument. You're claiming that no other Republican candidate other than Rudy will fight the war on terror. That's a false statement.