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You may not like it, but that's reality. If Giuliani is the nominee, social conservatives won't vote for him and he will lose the general election. So, if you're extremely worried that Clinton could be our next President, you better get busy promoting a more acceptable GOP candidate and hoping that Giuliani gets knocked down far enough to give your candidate a shot. That is what is at stake here and that's what you have to do if you don't want a Democrat to win in 2008.

A socially conservative candidate will attract the religious right, but it will alienate mainstream and moderate voters. Abortion and gay marriage are non-starters with most voters, especially when there are IMHO big issues that can be dealth with successfully.

48 posted on 02/16/2007 5:48:29 AM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)

Well then, write us off and see how that works out for you. If you think Rudy is going to win without our votes you are living in fantasy land.

57 posted on 02/16/2007 5:53:21 AM PST by dmw (Aren't you glad you use common sense, don't you wish everybody did?)

"A socially conservative candidate will attract the religious right, but it will alienate mainstream and moderate voters."

You mean like Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and G.W. Bush did?

58 posted on 02/16/2007 5:53:27 AM PST by TommyDale (What will Rudy do in the War on Terror? Implement gun control on insurgents and Al Qaeda?)

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