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Their new governor is a democrat, but is conservative on some issues that would put him at odds with Hillary.

The way he seems to disagree with Hillary is that he opposes the Iraq War and also has turned down money for abstinence-only programs.

Why does anybody think running a candidate who is the epitome of a generic “R” (Rudy Giuliani) overcomes that problem?

How do you figure that description for Giuliani? If nothing else, he is a unique personality who transcends party for a lot of people. Normally he's criticized for that here, called a RINO, not the epitome of a Republican! Fred Thompson, meanwhile, is praised for being an actor who voted an almost-solid Republican line in the Senate (ACU scores in the 80s being his strongest qualifier) but with no accomplishments. He's liked precisely because he is a generic "R" with the generic "R" profile designed to please the base but no one else.

Actually the ACU of 80 rating goes a long way and not being insane like McCaine takes him the rest of the way.

Keep in mind, that Rudy is running for the Primary right now - he is as far right as he will go. After the primaries, its “Leftward, HO!”

“Generic Republican” = person whose only tie to being a repubican is that he is a republican. Taft was an “R” but wasn’t a conservative, he was a crook.

“Generic Republican” = a person who republicans vote for because they have the “R” by their name.

Rudy is the “generic republican” for republicans. His supporters count on that, they count on republicans voting for him NOT because of his views, but because he has the “R” by his name.

What we NEED is a candidate where people are excited to vote for him because of his position on the issues.