The same thing the pro Rudy forces offered us, nothing.
I won't vote for Rudy if he is the nominee and I expect there are lots of Rudy voters who won't vote for the flip side of Rudy which would be Huckabee.
As I see it there are only three top tier candidates who can satisfy all three legs of the conservative stool and those are Thompson, Romney and Hunter. All three have major issues in my view but not large enough issues to have folks who normally vote for the Republican not vote for him in the next presidential election.
Hunter, my choice, is not gaining any traction and he will pose issues for the absolutist free traders but is strong on the social and security issues.
Romney has issues with everybody since he has gotten religion on the road to Damascus but I think most could coalesce around him if they had to.
Thompson is damn near perfect on the issues in that he offers something to the economic, social and security conservatives but, and this just may be me, he is as exciting as watching a big ole oak tree grow.
And then we have Wildman McCain whose conservative ratings would satisfy everybody but whose judgement on certain issues is cause to think the man is unstable at a minimum. The problem is he almost always outperforms all the other Republicans in head to head matchups in key state polls.
It ain't easy being a political junky with knowledge of the issues because all the sunspots show up every time we see a candidate.
Considering that the President of the United states would then be Hillary or Barack Hussein Obama, that's like saying "No, darn it, we're not going to make them take the field goal, we're going to seel them the stadium for a dolar and leave before halftime."