"....I do wonder how this will "play" in political ads and affect the voters who are not currently engaged."
Just imagine one of the Left wing political action groups making an ad with a picture of Rudy in Drag, Put a few of his quotes about gay rights under that, then.....Is this who you want for your next President?
The rats don't even have to have their name on the ad.
That is the kind of thing that they can plaster on TV 24/7 with very little money to produce the ad and nothing in it would be a lie!
Add a few ads from the Right to life, Focus on the Family, and the Gun groups about his position on the issues they care about.
Does anyone living on planet earth really think he could be elected by Republican voters?
"Add a few ads from the Right to life, Focus on the Family, and the Gun groups about his position on the issues they care about."
To do this, these groups would have to be:
Suicidally wanting Hitlary to win, and
b.Trying to completely alienate themselves from the likely next President.
And I don't think they are so STUPID so as to do that
And another thing - as a non-profit, Focus on The Family DOES NOT RUN POLITICAL ADS. Dr. Dobson has come out on issues personally but IN HIS PERSONAL capacity, NOT as head of Focus on the Family.