[Old_Mil]

Here's the irony beagle - if Rudy is nominated, I suspect enough conservatives are going to go pull the Constitution Party lever that the Constitution Party candidate would tie, if not beat Giuliani in a general election.

I wonder what it would do to the plans of these party over principle types to have their precious GOP come in third in a general election.

[Beagle8U]

"I wonder what it would do to the plans of these party over principle types to have their precious GOP come in third in a general election."

I doubt it will be enough third party to come in second but I have no doubts that it would be enough to cause a landslide for the RATS all the way down the ticket. Buy 2012 a third party might even have a shot at winning because there will be little left of the Republican party.

[N3WBI3]

Not a chance you'll see the Constitution part and the Libertarians pick up some serious votes (don't know quite which way Ill go if the GOP nominates someone on the left (Romney, Rudy, Patacki). I suspect neither will crack 5% but it will costs the GOP the election (If they don't learn from 2006 maybe they need to lose the white house as well before they'll start being for Limited government)