Why Rudy will win the GOP, handily

[SeattleUte]

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20070521&s=edsall052107

In short, the righteous are retaking the Republican party from the evil souless droids. George W. Bush and radical Islam have conspired (unwittingly, of course) to make social issues passe for a host of reasons, some of them obvious, others more subtle.

[Archaea]

So he's an atheist, but he doesn't even speak to the core business interests, that's my concern. He's a Dem masquerading as a Rep.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Archaea

So he's an atheist, but he doesn't even speak to the core business interests, that's my concern. He's a Dem masquerading as a Rep.

He may indeed be an ass in elephantine clothing.

Although Giuliani likes to cite his history of fiscal conservativism - he claims he took a city with a multi-million dollar deficit and reformed it into a fiscally solvent entity - critics like to point out "the rest of the story." Note this synopsis by George Marlin:

...In Rudy's second term, when the economy was booming, he abandoned fiscal restraint and became a big-spending liberal. City budget expenditures jumped 25 percent – twice the inflation rate – and Giuliani left his successor a projected operating deficit of $4.5 billion and New York's citizens with the highest tax burden in any major municipality in America.

I'm not from New York and I don't know the whole truth on this, but this is one of my concerns regarding Giuliani.

[Archaea]

I'd prefer him to Hillary or Obama, but I fear his fiscal issues.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Archaea

I'd prefer him to Hillary or Obama, but I fear his fiscal issues.

Well, polls indicate he's the only candidate that would win against either one of those two, so perhaps that will offer you some reassurance.

Incidentally, rumor has it the Dem party - regardless of what the general public thinks - is very much pushing Hillary over Barack.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Well, polls indicate he's the only candidate that would win against either one of those two, so perhaps that will offer you some reassurance.

Incidentally, rumor has it the Dem party - regardless of what the general public thinks - is very much pushing Hillary over Barack.

Barack appears to be a better choice to Hillary, who is inflexible.

[Tex]

Guiliani really has two things to bring to the table for the GOP: security and executive leadership. On either subject he performs and polls very well. I don't seem him well positioned on anything else.

But given the current climate, those two could be enough to land him the nomination. I'm not personally a big fan, but the way I read it, he's still the most likely nominee. This, despite his stumbling over his social positions.

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Well, polls indicate he's the only candidate that would win against either one of those two, so perhaps that will offer you some reassurance.

Incidentally, rumor has it the Dem party - regardless of what the general public thinks - is very much pushing Hillary over Barack.

That's no big surprise. The Clinton's own the Dem party.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by YOhio

That's no big surprise. The Clinton's own the Dem party.

Yeah, I never thought of us as a nation of political dynasties before, but it's starting to seem that way.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Well, polls indicate he's the only candidate that would win against either one of those two, so perhaps that will offer you some reassurance.

Incidentally, rumor has it the Dem party - regardless of what the general public thinks - is very much pushing Hillary over Barack.

Dare I say this, but I would much prefer Hillary to Barack. I shudder at the thought of Obama as the president. Where's the beef. At least Hillary's been there and can always channel Eleanor Roosevelt if needed.