Giuliani starts strong in test of Republican voter allegiances

Washington Post ^ | march 4, 2007 | DAN BALZ

[FairOpinion]

The man who was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for his response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is now leading in a slew of national polls and testing whether cultural and religious conservatives in the GOP will support a candidate who offers strong leadership on security and terrorism rather than ideological purity on social issues.

Whit Ayres, a Georgia-based Republican pollster, said he has been struck by the number of conservatives he encountered who disagree with Giuliani on abortion or gay rights but are still attracted to him as a possible Republican nominee. The issue is whether that appeal can survive through a long campaign in which Giuliani's New York record, his position on issues, his three marriages and his complex business dealings will be subjected to withering scrutiny.

The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll showed Giuliani leading McCain by 44 percent to 21 percent, with former House speaker Newt Gingrich at 15 percent and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney at 4 percent.

Many GOP strategists still question whether Giuliani can survive the scrutiny and develop a message that appeals to voters across the spectrum of Republican conservatism. In his speech Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Giuliani highlighted his record as a tax cutter, crime fighter and welfare reformer. But he offered little resembling a traditional conservative agenda for the future, other than saying the United States must remain on offense against terrorism. The speech won a polite but hardly enthusiastic response from the audience of activists.

[narses]

Giuliani/Clinton/Dem vs. GOP Platform Comparison
Issue	Giuliani	Clinton	Dem Platform	GOP Platform
Abortion on Demand	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Partial Birth Abortion	Supports Opposed NY ban	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Roe v. Wade	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Taxpayer Funded Abortions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Embryonic Stem Cell Research	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Federal Marriage Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Defined at state level	Supports
Gay Domestic Partnership/ Civil Unions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Openly Gay Military	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Defense of Marriage Act	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Amnesty for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Tough Penalties for Employers of Illegal Aliens	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Sanctuary Cities/ Ignoring Immigration Law	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Protecting 2nd Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Supports bans	Supports
Confiscating Guns	Supports Confiscated as mayor. Even bragged.	Supports	Supports Supports bans	Opposes
'Assault' Weapons Ban	Supports	Supports	Supports
Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers	Supports Filed One Himself	Supports		Opposes
Gun Registration/Licenses	Supports	Supports		Opposes
War in Afghanistan	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports	Supports
War in Iraq	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports Weak support	Supports
Patriot Act	Supports	Supports Voted for it 2001 & 2006	Opposes	Supports

"Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine." - Rudy Giuliani

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it.
Rudy Giuliani

We don't have to accept liberal Rudy. There are other options. This fellow may be the best one:







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[jim35]

["let him run in the Democratic primary where he belongs..."]

Brilliant! The perfect compromise.

[airborne]

Please read post # 152 and pass it on.

[narses]

Bingo!

[mylife]

Look,America doesnt buy into hollywoods version of an America.
Conservatives certainly dont.

[nopardons]

The more you post, the more you prove how every little you know about ANYTHING!

Grab a clue; better yet, go buy a million.....SENATORS get elected by people in the whole STATE; not from one city.

[nopardons]

The more you post, the more you prove how very little you know about ANYTHING!

Grab a clue; better yet, go buy a million.....SENATORS get elected by people in the whole STATE; not from one city.

[nopardons]

No, you didn't get mixed up; you really don't know what you're talking about, is all.

[mylife]

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it. Rudy Giuliani

Case closed

[dmw]

"Anyone who writes that muck, knows NO recent history, nor knows anything at all about Rudy or Bill Clinton."

Yeah, that's right. You are the almighty one here who knows everything there is to know about, well...everything I guess. Where do we turn ourselves in to surrender to your superior knowledge?

[nopardons]

"HOMELESS"?

Those people weren't homeless.

[narses]

Not to the koolaid drinkers here. Sad, very sad.

[mylife]

Youre right..Im going to lay down now L0l

[jim35]

Ok, you don't think he's a RINO, because...? He's anti-gun, pro-gay unions, won't sign the no-new-taxes pledge, is pro-choice on abortion, has nominated 10-1 dems over republicans for NYC courts... what more do you want in a RINO? A horn on his nose? You act like a paid campaign worker, nopardons. Nothing seems to dent your pro-Rudy armor. Why the fanatical support?

[motormouth]

Youre right.. I dont want to know. His position on what matters MOST to me is no where near being "CONSERVATIVE".

MM

p.s. If you want people to listen to what you have to say about Rudy, try being less abrasive.

[narses]

Rudy is FOR abortion on demand.

Rudy is FOR gun control.

Rudy appoints CORRUPT cronies. Google Kerik for an example.

Rudy endorses DEMOCRATS.

He is a draft evading NY City liberal.

[nopardons]

Oh yeah...Gore is to the "right" now. LOL

Gore will be the Dems' GREAT WHITE LIBERAL HOPE and Newt will be the GOPers' GREAT WHITE CONSERVATIVE HOPE? Is that how you see it?

[narses]

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it.

Rudy Giuliani

[dmw]

Like I said, "perfect one", no one cares one iota what you think.

[nopardons]

Lots a luck....he'll NEVER make it out of the bottom tier; let alone make it past February of 2008.