What makes Rudy Guliani a Republican?

Question

He seems to lean to the left on a lot of issues.

Answer 1

When he registered to vote he enrolled in the Republic party.

Answer 2

He's very strictly law and order, and believes in a limited government as seen by the courts, and is generally economically responsible, and believes in a strong and vigorous military capability.

It's a big tent that the Republicans have. Sure a lot of conservatives think the GOP should be hard-conservative, but in all honesty, we'd never win and election if that was the requirement. While the conservatives do provide the philosophical impetus behind the party, we need the moderates and centrists to win.

Answer 3

Rudy Giuliani is neither mayor nor governor. yet he grow to be mayor for a time, and many supply him credit for cleansing up crime in NYC. in the mayoralty race, liberal vs conservative would not advise that a lot to New Yorkers. people want someone who can make certain community complications, like pot holes, garbage series, and site visitors. except for, in that neck of the woods, Republican does no longer continually equivalent conservative, and Democrat does no longer continually equivalent liberal. Mayors LaGuardia, and Lindsay were liberal Republicans. Ed Koch, initially elected as a Democrat, later ran on the Democrat, Republican, and Conservative strains, all mutually!

Answer 4

That is the nature of politics in New York, especially in New York City. Any 'true' republican would never get elected in such a blue state, and the "New York Republicans" have developed to prevent us from having a one party system. Look at Pataki, hell look at Bloomberg who makes no effort to conceal the fact that he ran on the republican ticket because the Democratic one was too crowded.

Rudy is to the right of his democratic opponents. He was antagonistic to the art world, and required independent artists outside the Met to buy permits, he publicly criticized the Brooklyn Museum for showing a painting with the Virgin Mary and elephant dung (even though the artist was Catholic and he used it in every piece of art as a tribute to his African heritage. OK, maybe that's weird, but it's not quite offensive)

He stood for gay civil unions, not marriage, although at the time that was the liberal position. Mostly he is a Republican because the party can embrace him with his 9/11 heroism reputation. Prior to that the national party would have had nothing to do with such a liberal politician.

And I do mean that literally - he ran on the Liberal ticket for mayor.

Answer 5

You mean because he doesn't always group-think with the rest of the herd? What nerve!

I think it's great though that since he happens to believe that (e.g.) women should have control over their own bodies and that gay people have a right to exist, diehard GOP groupies won't give him their vote. They prefer somebody like George W. Bush, who runs our country into the ground like it's the latest company his daddy gave him to play with, but does a great job of pandering to the petty bigotries of his base. The whole reason people insist on their candidates being "on message" across the board is because otherwise - gasp! - they might have to actually do some original thinking for themselves.

Answer 6

His economic views tend to lean toward the right. He seems to flip flop round the middle and is not very Conservative in that respect. His stance on right to life is certainly more left. When this election comes around he may b one of the most electable candidates.

Answer 7

Are politicians only supposed hold party views on all issues?

Also, he is conservative fiscally, which used to be a Republican premise. However this last administration cast quite a bit of doubt on that idea.

Answer 8

There's not much difference between Republicans and Democrats these days. You have to look at the person to determine whether they believe in what you believe in before you vote for them.

Answer 9

Put it this way, no pure conservative has a shot winning the election in '08. Only people i see having a chance in hell are Guiliani and McCain, both have some views that doesn't exactly fit well with all of the right ideology.

Answer 10

I won't be voting for him either in the primary election, but if it comes to a choice between him and Billary, I think I can hold my nose and vote for him in November.