The 'important issues' the coalition was built on were the political issues of smaller govt, more local control, strong on defense. Rudy is solid on those issues.
The problem is that the Socials now insist on injecting social issues into coalition. They're changing the contract.
The problem is that the Socials now insist on injecting social issues into coalition. They're changing the contract.
Most of the socials were brought into the coalition by Reagan's pro-life position. Before the Republicans accepted the socials, the GOP was wandering in the wilderness. Now, it seems they want to go back.
Please keep in mind that the Second Amendment is not a "social issue" but a Constitutional one.
The right to not have one's life terminated prematurely without having committed a crime or having been convicted thereof by a jury of one's peers, thus receiving due process of law, is another, arguably Constitutional issue, albeit one rendered fuzzy in some minds by disingenious arguments about when, exactly, life begins.
Actually, there are plenty of threads for those who are so inclined to promote or dismiss Rudy, at least one an hour--or so it seems, so let's not hijack this one.