The MSM wants a meaningless vote.
They want it so whether NYC Rhodham Clinton or NYC Rhodham Guiliani wins the result will be the same.
The same views, THE SAME STAFFERS, THE SAME NOMINEES FOR JUDGE.
Perhaps you are correct. But what seems clear is that Americans do not want another candidate like Bush.
Certainly no one can claim that either Her Majesty nor Guiliani are quite like Bush.
If you look at the statistics about issues, it would seem that Guiliani is fairly close to most American attitudes with a fairly liberal social agenda and (relatively) conservative fiscal orientation - or at least rhetoric. It may not be the opinions of people at FR, nor even the people in your neighborhood, but it does seem to reflect aggregate opinion. This is why he does pretty well in the national polls.
Given the amount of rhetoric that especially right-wing talk radio has given to supporting the current administration in the last 7 years, and the relative dissatisfaction there has been with the leadership, it will be tough to get most Americans to vote for someone even closely related with Bush policies, even if the majority of them were not all that bad. Naturally the Democrats will do their best to make any Republican candidate into a Bush clone. The further away that candidate is from the Texan draw and swagger, the less effective that strategy will be.
Running against the establishment is always popular. Running against a party whose President has Nixonian poll numbers is a must.
They want it so whether NYC Rhodham Clinton or NYC Rhodham Guiliani wins the result will be the same.
The same views, THE SAME STAFFERS, THE SAME NOMINEES FOR JUDGE.
EXACTLY.
Needs to be repeated over, and over again.