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**G778G9P0** · 02-08-2007, 05:48 PM

Uh... Guiliani is far from being JUST a Mayor. That's like saying Eisenhower was just a General.

Sans 9/11, Guiliani wouldn't even have been spoken about for the Presidency (even though he had a good track record among most for his work in NYC). His very liberal positions on certain issues though will undermine him, IMO.

He's also got a problem with unamiable divorces and corruption (remember Bernie Kerik?) ready to be dug up. IMO, he's a paper tiger.

Hes more flipped on rhetoric - in 2000 he dug into the fundies, and now he makes nice. But on policy, he was anti-abortion in 2000, and hes a moderate on judgeships now. I dont see him as a real flipper. He opposed overturning Roe last time around...

McCains real problem with the GOP is still McCain Feingold, again something on which hes been consistent - this bugs the hell out of the deeply partisan GOP right, and they wont forgive him. Not sure how that partisant issue will play among ideological GOP constituencies (There arent that many high Tory George Will type voters)

Until June, he supported a more robust public financing system for the Presidential election (the bill even bore his name), and has now abandoned it. He claims that it was due to conflict of interest...

He also flip-flopped on the 2001 Bush tax cuts (used to oppose them, now support them).

02-08-2007, 05:48 PM	#17
G778G9P0 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Uh... Guiliani is far from being JUST a Mayor. That's like saying Eisenhower was just a General. Sans 9/11, Guiliani wouldn't even have been spoken about for the Presidency (even though he had a good track record among most for his work in NYC). His very liberal positions on certain issues though will undermine him, IMO. He's also got a problem with unamiable divorces and corruption (remember Bernie Kerik?) ready to be dug up. IMO, he's a paper tiger. Hes more flipped on rhetoric - in 2000 he dug into the fundies, and now he makes nice. But on policy, he was anti-abortion in 2000, and hes a moderate on judgeships now. I dont see him as a real flipper. He opposed overturning Roe last time around... McCains real problem with the GOP is still McCain Feingold, again something on which hes been consistent - this bugs the hell out of the deeply partisan GOP right, and they wont forgive him. Not sure how that partisant issue will play among ideological GOP constituencies (There arent that many high Tory George Will type voters) Until June, he supported a more robust public financing system for the Presidential election (the bill even bore his name), and has now abandoned it. He claims that it was due to conflict of interest... He also flip-flopped on the 2001 Bush tax cuts (used to oppose them, now support them).
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