I can only speak for myself. Rudy doesn't make me nervous. I just don't think he's representative of the Republican Party.
There hasn't been a single vote in a single primary.
Why are some so anxious to prematurely dump their principles? Is it you who are nervous, perhaps?
As I commented a few posts back, I merely posed a question that I see posed routinely here at FR. Are attackers attacking because they are afraid of the attackee?
When Obama's alleged schooling at a madrassa came up, it was suggested by more than one poster here that Hilary was behind it, because she was afraid of his popularity.
To my good friends here, who feel they cannot support Rudy because of positions he has taken on the issues important to social conservatives, specifically abortion and gay marriage..while I completely agree with your views on these issues, I would suggest to you that it will be a little difficult to hold next year's massive pro-life demonstration in DC if the mall is contaminated by a dirty bomb. It will be hard to demonstrate against the UN, if all of mid-town Manhattan is contaminated in a NBC attack.
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in order to preserve the Union. FDR rounded up American citizens of Japanese ancestry because of fear of terrorism. We won those battles, then the wars, and THEN we fixed the mistakes we made. But the nation still existed, imperfect, yes; but still far better than any other place on earth.
People, the terror, the enemy we are facing..the threat to our way of life, our very existence, well, nothing is more important than that. We can't fight that kind of a two-front war...for now.
Rudy has all but said that in looking to appoint justices like Scalia and Roberts...he will not be advancing any liberal social agenda through the courts.
For Republicans, there really is no other choice.