Or do you think he has enough fame, charisma and intelligence to keep convincing republicans to support him based on what you have in common
2007-03-13 06:19:41 · 14 answers · asked by pip 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
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2007-03-13 06:19:55 · update #1
Steve just so you know.. the MSNBC webpage actually holds fewer MSNBC stories than it does stories from other mediums.. and it has the sources listed.. everything from the world press down to blogs.. their webpage is actually very interesting.. check it out!
2007-03-13 06:28:43 · update #2
it already has. mccain has closed the gap considerable since the stories broke about his dealings with abortion and liberal judges in NY. its way to early to make any determination on who is going to get the nomination. wasnt some guy name Hart leading in the last election at some point.
2007-03-13 06:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by CaptainObvious 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Rudy Giuliani will be President in 2008. Americans want a moderate in office, and they don't want a socialist like Hillary Clinton as President. For the Republicans to nominate a hardcore conservative would be political suicide because Hillary Clinton would make that person look like an intolerant bigot who cares nothing about the poor. Rudy Giuliani is the only logical choice Republicans have to choose from. Giuliani does have charm and charisma. Fred Thompson has star quality too, but the guy is a dinosaur. John McCain is also a joke. He only picked up about two percent of the votes when he ran against George W. Bush in 2000. What about Mitt Romney? Is there anything interesting about Mitt Romney? I don't think there is. I don't like Mitt Romney that much because he forced people in Massachusetts to buy healthcare. Poor people are already poor enough. People shouldn't be forced to purchase healthcare. Most people don't really need healthcare unless they have health problems.
2007-03-15 04:54:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He and Hillary will be fighting it out for the moderates. Those people who vote the person and the issues and not necessarily the party. I am hardly a fan of the Republicans after the last six years, but he is not a typical Republican. I'll be interested in hearing more about what he has to say as the campaigns heat up, but I doubt whether I would change my support from Hillary to him. I think he's the only chance the Republicans have to put a dent in the '08 elections and they know it.
The Republicans have a mess on their hands and not very many choices when it comes to candidates that reflect their social stances. There's Guiliani of course and his liberal social stance. Then my personal favorite of theirs - Mitt Romney. Talk about a flip-flopper - I thought they hated flip-floppers, or is it only Democratic flip-floppers they don't like? And they call Hillary opportunistic lol. Then there's McCain, whose age has become a big issue as well as his support of the surge and his propensity for brownnosing every group he has on his list in a barely concealed effort to gain support no matter what.
Rudy is a strange bird. I think that many people who are staunchly conservative are willing to forgive him his liberal social stance, as though they say "Oh that Rudy, he's a New Yorker so we can forgive him his penchant for liberalism." Like patting a mischevious child on the head and saying "Well he's a good kid underneath it all." Does that smack of desperation or just a willingness to forgive their own for liberal views just as long as they aren't a Democrat?
2007-03-13 13:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even though he made terrorism a bottom of the list priority after the first bombing of the WTC, he somehow managed to paint himself as a hero in his reaction to the 9/11 bombing. For that, he has been given excessive and unwarranted credibility. As for his liberal ways and the conservatives supporting him...we'll just have to see. Perhaps if he appears to be their only hope to retain the White House, they will put him forward as their candidate...with the hopes that they can squash his tendencies once elected. Either way, it will be interesting to see how the hypocritical dance plays out.
2007-03-13 13:25:20 · answer #4 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think that it might help him get the cross over vote IF he can get the nomination. The problem he has, I think, is getting enough support from the conservative wing of the republican party during the primaries.
2007-03-13 13:23:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the canidates right now all have things against them- its not about whether rudy can keep his liberal views from harming his chances, its about if the other men can can less offenses or less serious issues than him.
every canidate is equal when it comes to a decent amount of people disliking them- the canidate who is disliked the least will get the nomination
2007-03-13 14:39:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. In fact it's gonna help. By the way MSNBC is hardly a credible source for a republican candidate. Kind of like asking moveon.org to endorse a pro-life demonstration. lol
2007-03-13 13:24:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I have troble seeing Guliani getting past the primaries. I know he has a huge lead right now, but most conservatives I know are waiting for someone else they can support who better fits their beliefs.
2007-03-13 13:32:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
His record on social issues is fairly liberal and very clear.
I don't know if he will get enough Republicans to support him.
2007-03-13 13:38:16 · answer #9 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, but his marrying his second cousin, announcing his divorce at a press conference without informing his then wife, his multiple adulterous behavior, his estrangement from his children, will
2007-03-13 13:24:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋