Posted on 03/10/2007 5:42:54 AM PST by veronica
For the moment, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani sits on double-digit leads over the rest of the Republican presidential-hopeful pack in several national polls.
Why?
"It appears to me that Rudy is going aggressively after the conservative vote," says Pennsylvania Republican and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum. "He has not ceded that ground to anybody."
Santorum, known nationally for his social conservatism, says Giuliani does a good job of reminding people how he governed as a conservative on crime, welfare and taxes in New York City.
Santorum also believes Giuliani has scored points on social issues with his comments about judges and Supreme Court justices.
"Rudy understands that, on those issues, the courts are where conservatives have been losing the battle," he says. "If he is going to be appointing judges in the Scalia-Thomas (mold), then he is sending a very positive message to conservatives that he understands the importance of having the Constitution interpreted for what it says and not for what people want it to be."
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Rudy Giuliani came out in favor of McCain-Feingold in 2000.
Priorities. Even the msm are figuring it out.
In a letter to its members Friday, the International Association of Fire Fighters excoriated Giuliani for his November 2001 decision to cut back the number of firefighters searching the rubble of Ground Zero for the remains of some 300 fallen comrades.The 280,000-member union accused him of carelessly expediting the cleanup process with a “scoop-and-dump” operation after the recovery of millions of dollars in gold, silver and other assets from the Bank of Nova Scotia that had been buried.
M. Thatcher - thank you so much for taking the time to look this up. We returned a while ago from a wedding and I hadn't realized this was a point of controversy.
I can see that facts are like kryptomite to some of these people which tells us everything we need to know.
Just as a lot of them don't like being reminded of their own harsh words from 1999, my guess is they won't wish to be reminded in 2009 of their foolish posts being made today.
It's 2 years till the election
Hillary may not even beat Obama.
But only Rudy can beat Hillary?
I don't want this to sound rude, but I can't think of another way to say it.
I sometimes wonder if many the Rudy supporters are lazy.
They want a win, but they see a chance to win without having to invest all that time and money.
Son, it's obvious you already have more than you can handle.
Interesting but irrelevant as an answer.
Wrong. You contention was that Rudy wants to protect our rights through the rule of law, when in fact he supports abominations like McCain-Feingold which uses the law to abridge our freedoms.
Outstanding. I used to have to read DU to see Republicans compared to Hitler, but now I can just come here. That'll save me some time—thanks!
Mr. Godwin, pick up the white courtesy phone.
Mr. Godwin, pick up the white courtesy phone.
Giuliani/Santorum would be my dream come true.
Slam-dunk. Dems would be looking at 2016 for their next shot.
Thankfully, he has clearly separated himself from the ranting against Rudy by his great friend, Levin.
A fill in for Levin dared to say something nice about Rudy and the live thread crashed and burned.
This type of intolerance makes the right wing appear to be everything it was always accused of......seem right on the money. Mean spirited, bigoted, and intolerant of any who stray from their perception of perfection.
I am not a Giuliani supporter, but I do find some of the repetition to be tiresome. My opposition for Giuliani is predicated mostly on two things:
At least Sean Vannity is consistent...he will shill for ANY New York City politician. Last time it was for his good friend Chucky Schumer, this time it's a Republican. I guess that makes him an equal opportunity shill.
Totally agree!
I think you would be surprised at how stubborn Rudy can be. He didnt back down when Arafat came to town. He also refused the Saudi Prince's check shortly after 911. He has also made a big deal about who he would nominate to the court and unlike McCain, I dont see him backpeddling on something that major. That would be like Bush deciding to cut and run in Iraq.
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