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2006-07-07 Home Front: Politix
Giuliani's Convictions Could Win Over Republicans
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Posted by ryuge 2006-07-07 06:40|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Sorry, here's the link:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/07/giulianis_convictions_could_wi.html
Posted by ryuge 2006-07-07 06:45||   2006-07-07 06:45|| Front Page Top

#2 I can't voter for a gun grabber. I'll vote Libertarian first.
Posted by Secret Master 2006-07-07 12:51||   2006-07-07 12:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Dunno, Secret Master.

In an age when even most Dems concede that, nationally at least, advocating for or legislating more gun control is a) political suicide and b) nigh on impossible to get passed even if you ARE suicidal, look for Rudy G to back off on any "gun grabbing". He's a pol, after all, and like most of his ilk he'll round his rough edges to get where he wants.

If Carville knows that pushing for gun control is like drinking a growler full of hemlock, it stands to reason Giuliani's people have hipped him to the same.
Posted by no mo uro 2006-07-07 19:50||   2006-07-07 19:50|| Front Page Top

#4 I agree with No Mo Uro as to Rudy maintaining anything resembling a gun-grabber position. To win in NYC, a successful Republican mayoral candidate needs to promise to at least maintain the status quo re the (idiotic) local gun control laws in order to peel off a big enough chunk of the Dem electorate. I think Rudy's smart enough to know that NYC-style gun control ain't gonna play in the red states.

I've said this before, but I'm happy to say it again...IMHO, what will make a Rudy candidacy interesting is how his admittedly messy personal life is going to play with voters, specifically Republican women. I remember some feminist hack said she'd have been willing to polish Slick Willie's knob out of gratitude for abortion remaining legal, but conservative women take adultery very, very personally. Where I live, a big "famliy values" Repub congressman lost his seat when he made the reeeeally big mistake of squiring his 20-something extracurricular cutie to some public events. This spread among the district's Republican women like wildfire - one friend estimates his wife personally cost this guy at least a dozen votes.

Rudy can still make inroads among Republican women by emphasizing his proven leadership in a crisis - I think they'll grumble a bit, grit their teeth and go with the guy who'll keep them safe even if he lets Thumper out to play a bit too often. Newt couldn't pull this off - despite his great contributions as an ideas guy and a political strategist, he's never saved a city or demonstrated cool leadership under (literal) fire.
Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2006-07-08 00:12||   2006-07-08 00:12|| Front Page Top

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