The people your refer to as shrill and self-marginalizing, the Rudy opponents on Free Republic, are in the 85% majority here.
The dignified and imminently reasonable Rudy-backers (like the guy on this thread who wants all Rudy opponents ex-communicated from his party) account for 15%.
"Increasing support" is in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
Of course, he is leading in the nation polls, where nearly sixty percent of his own party doesn't know anything about him (see poll at the top of this thread), but that doesn't exactly make the case that Rudy's supporters are effectively persuading anyone. It suggests that nobody knows anything, because nobody's started campaigning yet.
It also suggests that when Republicans know fully what Giuliani stands for, as they do in large numbers here, they have a very hard time supporting him.
Absolutely not. There are about ten of them. I have total respect for Rudy opponents, as any read-through of my posts will reveal. I am referring to the shrill, angry, anti-Rudy-spam posters.
As far as Giuliani's support, feel free to believe it is as low as you say. See you at the convention.
What is the current membership of the F.R., the total #? The polls draw very few votes.
Well put.