..oh definitley not.....being the the Beltway gives you alot of perspective....but then again....many and I'm not saying "you", in the beltway are far removed from what mainstream American thinks....I thought Rudy was a dead duck but he is totally charasmatic and one of the best speakers out there.....very influential.....
well if you are in CA, that you find rudy palatable doesn't surprise me, as with people from NYC. but my roots are in PA and OH where my relatives are, and they are equally unenthused about Rudy and while they worked for Bush [their first political campaigns ever, and i am talking people in their 40s, not young kids] would not do the same for a rudy candidacy. not only is rudy a very flawed candidate with a ton of baggage that WILL be used against him, i don't see him winning against Hillary. The lib dems i know, while not being enthused about her, will vote for her over Rudy.