“I think he’s (Rudy) a mistake for the Republican Party nomination. But I do understand why he is appealing to people”
Me too. If you support abortion, restricting guns,open borders, special rights for gays, no experience on foreign and military matters...he is very appealing to these types.
A lot of people in this country do not make decisions at the voting booth based on where candidates stand on the issues.
For those people, Rudy is a good candidate. In the aftermath of 9/11, Rudy looked like a man's man, a real hero and a real leader.
He's got a reputation as a tough prosecutor and the mayor who cleaned up New York.
For many voters in this country, they'll never get to know him much better than that before they cast a vote for him.
I'm not saying that wins him the nomination, but when you look at it from the perspective of people who don't pay a whole lot of attention, you understand why he's ahead in the polls. And for some Republicans, what is most important is winning, the issues come second.
It's early in the game. Giuliani is in a position to capitalize on all this right now, but I doubt very seriously that the closer this gets to the primaries Giuliani actually makes it as the nominee.