That's not even close to being true. The only way that the Democrats won the governorship in Pennsylvania was by running the son of their last, prominent, pro-life governor. A pro-abortion extremist like Rudy Giuliani would never be able to swing the "Reagan Democrats" who are the key to any Republican victory. Pennsylvania is also a state with a huge number of hunters and gun enthusiasts. If they must choose between an extremist anti-gun Republican and an extremist, anti-gun Democrat, they'll vote for the Democrat.
There are many independents who are not liberals or moderates and are not against the Republican party because of conservatism. They are against the Republican party because they believe that Republicans don't care. They will see Rudy Giuliani as just more of the same.
Rudy Giuliani cannot win in the general election. His liberal extremism will play no better than the supposed conservative extremism that his supporters accuse real Republicans of having. If we nominate Rudy Giuliani, we will lose the general election and lose even more seats in Congress.
Bill
Kerry and Gore won PA, or did you forget that?
and the reason Republicans no longer can win in PA - is because they are destroyed in the Philly and Pittsburgh suburbs. not the inner cities mind you - the mostly white middle class suburbs, are voting increasingly for the Dems. there aren’t enough “gun loving, pro-life” republican votes in the rest of the state to make up for those losses. so if a republican candidate can’t do better in those metro suburbs, he can’t win PA.