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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rudy Giuliani's message to social conservatives: If you don't like my views, don't vote for me.

As mayor of New York City, Giuliani led an entity with a larger and more diverse population and economy than most of our states and many countries. His leadership example in the nation's largest city is a model for communities all across America, including our cities right here in the 15th District. Rudy has a proven record of fiscal responsibility. The columnist George Will once said of him, ''His eight years as mayor of New York were the most successful episode of conservative governance in this country in the last 50 years.'' Mayor Giuliani inherited a $2.3 billion dollar budget...

RE: "Judi's Job with Pup-Killer Firm," April 2. *** The Giuliani campaign admits that Judi was in the operating room "hundreds of times".....not part of a surgical team aiming to save a life; she was part of an inappropriate commercial effort. Washington, DC *** To witness or participate in the pain and suffering of a living being tells so much of a person's lack of character, greed and selfishness. The thought of Giuliani as first lady sickens me. Ailbert, Ariz. *** Rudy Giuliani has lost my vote. Anyone who can condone animal abuse is a loser.....Milford, Del. *** ......Judi must...

The former mayor of New York leads Sen. John McCain by a 36 percent to 24 percent margin among the state's likely GOP primary voters, and is the choice of nearly four in 10 of those who say they are "strongly conservative." "Voters are not picking up fully on his positions or tending to discount them because of overriding issues like terrorism and Iraq, " DiCamillo said of Giuliani. Only one in five California Republicans say there is no chance they would vote for Giuliani, and he enjoys an 80 percent favorability rating. But no matter which of the top...