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Giuliani brings with him undeniable support for the war on terror, which we need to win.

He also brings an excellent attitude on taxes - he faced up NYC unions, who if anything are tougher than Democrats.

And his record on cleaning up NYC is unsurpassed.

He's the kind of tough, principled leader who would make a great President.

From a practical viewpoint, I doubt that he will do much on abortion or gun control. These are important issues to Freepers and to their enemies on the left, but I don't consider them national issues that normally mesh with Presidential decisionmaking.

I think most of the viable candidates support some kind of amnesty/immigration reform for illegals. I do too, so I might not be the best person to talk about this topic to Free Republic's anti-illegal wing. Still, find someone who opposes illegals who is also electable. I think you'll have a tough time of it.

If Hillary's the nominee, yes, she can out-shrill him, but she'll find herself made very unlikable in the process. The likable person wins the election and that would be Rudy.

Obama's more interesting but it looks like he may be self-destructing as we speak; his conversations about his religious beliefs have been strange at best. If nothing else, I think he and Rudy come to this issue on roughly equal terms.

Rudy Giuliani would almost certainly carry New York state, which would be a huge handicap for the Democrats.

I can't help but notice that the other front-running candidates seem to have very similar problems to Rudy. Rommey's questionable on abortion and religious issues as well. And of course McCain is a maverick who votes with Democrats half the time.

Among that list of realistic candidates, I'd consider Rudy to be the best one.

Thoughts?

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