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**KellyLynchIV** · 02-14-2006, 04:42 PM

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Some of the votes go to Giuliani, but he's liberal on social issues. So a lot of McCain's votes would go to Hagel, because they are both social conservatives. But they are also both seen as being far more opportunistically hostile to major parts of the GOP base. Guiliani is pretty liberal socially, but he could convincingly make the case that in-so-far as the COURT is concerned (which is the REAL battle ground for the culture war) that he supports strict constructionists who would leave social policy to the elected branches (i.e., you can oppose Roe v. Wade as mater constitutional jurisprudence and still believe that abortion should be kept legal as a matter of POLICY; or that gay marriage is NOT a Constitutional right and that Judges should stay out of it, but that the LEGISLATURE of states should permit it as a matter of POLICY).

Guliani has never gone out of his way to attack the base as McCain and Hagel both have at times for the adoration and attention of the MLM.

02-14-2006, 04:42 PM	#13
KellyLynchIV Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	adaher Some of the votes go to Giuliani, but he's liberal on social issues. So a lot of McCain's votes would go to Hagel, because they are both social conservatives. But they are also both seen as being far more opportunistically hostile to major parts of the GOP base. Guiliani is pretty liberal socially, but he could convincingly make the case that in-so-far as the COURT is concerned (which is the REAL battle ground for the culture war) that he supports strict constructionists who would leave social policy to the elected branches (i.e., you can oppose Roe v. Wade as mater constitutional jurisprudence and still believe that abortion should be kept legal as a matter of POLICY; or that gay marriage is NOT a Constitutional right and that Judges should stay out of it, but that the LEGISLATURE of states should permit it as a matter of POLICY). Guliani has never gone out of his way to attack the base as McCain and Hagel both have at times for the adoration and attention of the MLM.
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