People who are not even marginally aware of Giuliani’s stand on this issue, are people who don’t watch the news on TV, and buy the paper just to read the Sports section.
If Giuliani had flipped on his well-known stand on abortion, the he would have been attacked as a liar, and accused of flip flopping/pandering for votes. Additionally, he would have seen a drop in the polls anyway, as those who support him BECAUSE he is a pro-life Republican would be turning their backs on him.
So, you can’t accuse him of flip-flopping, lying, or pandering for votes.
So politically speaking, doing what he did was the only sensible thing to do.
So politically speaking, doing what he did was the only sensible thing to do.
The truely sensible thing for him to do is to realize that he doesn’t fit well in the GOP and run as a Democrat. He’d be gauranteed the White House.
It may end up being political suicide, especially his comments about SCOTUS nominees. Now, he nor his apologist can claim to offer anything to social conservatives. There will be millions that will absolutely refuse to vote for him under any circumstance.