Excellent Post. You need to post this on every Giuliani thread. For some reason the Giuliani haters think Giuliani will appoint "baby killer" "gun grabber" "gay lover" (to quote a few of their phrases) judges! YEESH!
" For some reason the Giuliani haters..."
Most of the Giuliani haters are similar to the Bush haters-it's impossible to have any type of civil discourse with them.
They resort to ad hominem attacks and childish mischaracterizations.
I did have one conversation a few weeks ago with an anti Giuliani, Allen supporter that started out poorly and ended with a web handshake and mutual pledge to support the Republican candidate , whether it be Allen or Giuliani.
Which is a rarity-usually they vow to vote Democrat or stay home and sulk.
Here are links to two first hand reports of Giuliani's visit to South Carolina-he was well received and seems to have a good deal of support in the South.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/15316513.htm
http://www.nysun.com/article/38105
This links to the recent Cook poll on Rudy , with other links.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/2006/08/mccain_cooked.html