DO NOT expect Joe Sixpack back in “flyover country” to vote for Rudy.
No way.
It just ain’t gonna happen.
The arguement “vote for me—I’m lousey, but the OTHER GUY would be much worse” doesn’t fly anymore, if it ever did.
Joe will stay home, or go fishing.
He just WILL NOT hold his nose to vote for somebody.
Trust me.
You got real. Give Rudy the nomination, and after one flash of Rudy in a dress (likely to be the most used MSM image after September 1, '08), and the average guy in flyover country will be somewhere besides the polls on election day.
It is a pity so many Republicans feel the need to compete with the Democrats for the Democrat base, but that seems to be what is happening.
In the meantime, conservatives are expected to wish in one hand and watch the other fill up.