Hi Howlin. I've read a lot of the thread and have a pretty good handle on the various viewpoints. I don't have a dog in this fight as I don't plan on supporting anyone at this point in the game. However, I am seeing the many instances of social liberalism from Rudy from the 90s. Don't you imagine that 9/11 had a profound effect on Rudy? I'm guessing that he became a lot more conservative during that event. That being said, he does have a certain amount of the Italian charm.
I definitely believe that 9/11 had a profound effect on Rudy and what we have been trying to tell some of these people. You cannot take what happened before 9/11 and translate til today -- doesn't work when you have had something like 9/11 happen -- your priorities change and your beliefs may be altered after such an event IMHO.
Good post, WVNan. It's nice to see another person withholding judgement at this "point in the game" rather than pile on the first bandwagon that comes along. :)
If you had two buildings literally fall at your feet, I imagine it would the mother of all gut checks, don't you?