I certainly have my disagreements with Rudy on social issues, but I always believed he would’ve made a better nominee and President than McCain, or Huckabee and Romney for that matter. Rudy would’ve been much tougher on Obama than McCain was.
Yep.
75% (at least!) of being an effective president, is looking presidential. Doesn't matter if you're completely clueless, if you look like you belong there, you'll be fine most of the time.
'Tis why Reagan and (ick) Clinton were so successful. Both were natural actors. Rudy has the same talent.
BO, who can't string together a coherent sentence without a teleprompter, doesn't have "it". Neither did either of the Bushes - W, IMHO, because he was far too candid. And his dad had the opposite problem - trying to choose his words *too* carefully.
A lot of us feel that way. But to remain members and comment here on other issues, we had to hold our tongue. After all, its not our house but JimRob’s. Rudy’s time is past and I hope great purges on FR are also past.