Posted on 07/11/2007 7:59:23 AM PDT by hardback
precisely why he will not be nominated.
Because Rudy will pickup most of the middle votes...independents, center pubs and Kennedy democrats. That’s represents 40-50% of the electorate. Social conservatives may stay home but fiscal and WOT conservatives will hold their noses and vote for him.
If Rudy gets the nomination, he wins. I won’t vote for him in the primaries but I will in the general election if he gets the nod.
Yup.
Rudy’s people have run the numbers and feel he can get enough votes to win the nomination even with a poor showing from the social conservatives.
Me, I don’t know but it will be close. The joker in the deck is a guy like Thompson or Gingrich who can say all the right things Rudy’s record prohibit him from saying.
—Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is down and nearly out in his quest for the GOP presidential nomination.—
But that doesn’t rule out a run as a Spoiler Independent...
Re. # 33: Great post!
I think that headline is wishful thinking on the part of some left leaning journalist.
i know Rudy thinks he can offset the social conservatives, and i think he’s wrong. of course, this is presuming Thompson gets in the race.
Only in the Bizarro World of the Seattle Post could a flagrant, in-your-face-so-EAT-it-damn-you attempt to cede sovereignty of this nation's borders to Mexico conceivably qualify as "strongly courting" social conservatives.
Cripes.
Not only the Keating five but, I have not forgot Tax on smokers.
I also don’t see a viable anti-Mitt in the 2nd tier that will catch fire . . .
Duncan Hunter has great hair like Mitt, a similar hard work ethic and a better track record as a conservative.
Isn’t that sad when we choose our candidates by their attractiveness? Thats what Mitt has going for him. The only reason Fred Thompson is being considered is because he has gravitas. His lack of hair hurts him. I hope Fred breaks this stupid mode of electing candidates with nice hair.
Giuliani’s campaign will end up just as McCain’s has. Out of money, no base, and staffers abandoning ship. That’s what happens when you forsake the conservative base of the GOP.
We haven’t forgotten that McCain has been in bed with Teddy Kennedy and the RATS on most issues. The Straight Talk Experss is more described as the “Full-o-Bologna Express.” I looked up the defintion of RINO and saw McCains’s picture. The Great Oz Has Spoken.
Not to mention the fact that McCain is a hot head and borderline nutso too.
He’s relying on the several more-conservative candidates (Thompson, Romney, Hunter) splitting the conservative vote and getting the nom on the RINO vote.
Giuliani who?
Why on earth would a Republican president alienate his base and try to grab guns grant amnesty to illegal aliens?
There was a time when I would've agreed with your comment, but I've changed my opinion considerably as of late.
The last three Republican presidents were pro-life, and we still get thousands of abortions a day.
I'm not sure I understand your point. We still have crime; does that mean we should give up fighting it? And I might add that someone who believes Roe v Wade is bad law is much more likely to appoint strict constructionists to the bench.
By the time the convention rolls around there may be several still running but only 2 viable candidates. The early primaries will probably knock out all except Rudy, Fred and Mitt. Anyone still hanging around is doing do so with an eye toward 2012...or for cash like Keyes did.
Rudy is a proven ex-mayor and that is about it, but he's not bad at cross dressing either.
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