You know something Conservatives, we libertarian Republicans have been supporting your candidates for decades now. We hold our breaths, suck in our pride and go out and walk the precincts, knock on doors, lick envelopes for all of your candidates.

For once, the least you all can do is to return the favor, by supporting libertarian-leaning Giuliani.

The Republican Party is made up of THREE FACTIONS!! Not one! There's Moderates, there's Conservatives, and there's Libertarians.

Well, for once we libertarian Republicans have the strongest candidate in the field. How about bucking up and supporting your fellow libertarian Republicans, instead of bitchin' and moaning, 'eh!

And, of course, political opponents must be destroyed, right Ken?

Before the conservatives destroy any more of America, yes.

But don't worry. Like the cockroach conservatives will always be with us. Rudy, no doubt, will find some right wing organization to support him after the election. He'll do just fine.

But I hope that, if he becomes the nominee, he does so because he’s the consensus favorite among the alternatives, not because people are trying to project what happens months down the road.

The problem with Rudy is that the Republican base will ultimately have few reasons to be energized by his candidacy to go out and do the little things that got Bush elected. You can reasonably argue that without the intensity of the "Social conservative" voters who had church rally's and phone banks that Bush wouldn't be President today. If Rudy is the nominee, I think you will see a much more pedestrian effort by the base to get him elected than Bush. That, I don't think is going to cut it in the end.

Let's hope he gets the republica nomination. He will be destroyed within a week of the convention.

James, about two weeks ago I'd've agreed with you, but now I'm starting to worry. Giuliani seems to have some teflon in his blood.

His electability, according to a WaPo/ABC poll. There's a but, however: "It worries me when “electability” becomes a major part of people’s calculations. That was a large part of the reason Democrats nominated John Kerry in 2004. While he came....

Recent history has shown us that Southern and Western governors make much better candidates! They appear to be in short supply in both parties in this electoral cycle!

Huckabee and Richardson are the only two that come readily to mind and neither seems to be getting any traction. I'm not surprised about the former but am somewhat at the latter. Richardson could very well be the Democrats' best general election candidate among the current bunch.

Recent history has shown us that Southern and Western governors make much better candidates! They appear to be in short supply in both parties in this electoral cycle!