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Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani defended his for-and-against views on abortion yesterday, insisting Republicans should "respect me for telling you the truth." "Because this is something that I have thought about a lot - prayed about," Giuliani told nationally syndicated radio host Michael Reagan, son of the late President Ronald Reagan. "And I know what the easier answer is, but for me this is the right answer."

The same Beltway experts who declared Sen. John McCain of Arizona the GOP front-runner, even as he under-polled fellow presidential contender Rudolph Giuliani, now parrot equally dodgy concepts. When Republicans meet "the real Rudy," they will abandon New York's former mayor like cattle fleeing a burning barn. Then, the wobbly Washington wisdom continues, Giuliani's three marriages, and his less-than-solidly-right-wing views on gays, guns and gametes will torpedo his buoyant presidential hopes. These seers now detect unhappiness with the GOP aspirants. They cite a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll in which 26 percent of Republican primary voters were dissatisfied with...