Posted on 03/03/2007 10:04:21 PM PST by 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.
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IYHO
Let the process go a few months and then we can look at those poll numbers again.
But taking shots at people who read and try to apply the Bible to their lives is no way to advance your arguments or your candidate...
First, he's not my candidate. I am undecided and have posted positive articles about Duncan Hunter in recent days.
Second, it wasn't a shot at the RR. All I said was that the personal/political issues/history about Rudy has been out there for years and that many of the RR already know about that.
Sorry I thought it was. I was just reposting what she posted to you because it fits her better. Then I added that she is one of the most gulity of breaking FR rules but continues to do so.
Now I get it, thanks.
I know several people who have been married three times. To me, it simply shows that they are flexible, that they know how to respond to disappointment in life by moving on.
She's aware. If you follow the links back in the brief exchange, you'll see that she was included in my original post. Plus, I emailed her about this, and she emailed me back. Is that satisfactory?
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