Rudy is a proven leader...unlike Duncan Hunter, who is a proven legislator (BTW, does his name even show up in polls?)...and John McCain who is a proven anti free speech proponent (McCain - Feingold).
Rudy has a record of accomplishments.
(This morning's Fox and Friend republican poll: Rudy 33 percent, McCain 19 per cent, Gingrich 13 per cent, Romney 8 per cent).
I replied in the spirit of the original post. I didn't intend it to be taken as a serious intellectual argument. There's plenty of that going on in other threads.