Rudy Can't Fail
Rudy Giuliani’s in, sorta. It’s a new trend that candidates are announcing several times. First they announce that they are thinking about running. And then they announce that they are preparing an exploratory committee. And the lo and behold, they announce “officially.”
I wish Giuliani the best. He may have an uphill battle for the nomination against social conservatives like Brownback, and the Republican Old Guard. He may even expose the fault-lines in the Republican coalition that make it an untenable coalition and pit pro-business forces against Focus on the Family types.
Still, there is something refreshing about Giuliani’s brand of Republicanism – a sensible, middle course between the excesses of either the ideological liberals or the ideological conservatives – and this author wishes him the best for the Republican nomination.
I wish Giuliani the best. He may have an uphill battle for the nomination against social conservatives like Brownback, and the Republican Old Guard. He may even expose the fault-lines in the Republican coalition that make it an untenable coalition and pit pro-business forces against Focus on the Family types.
Still, there is something refreshing about Giuliani’s brand of Republicanism – a sensible, middle course between the excesses of either the ideological liberals or the ideological conservatives – and this author wishes him the best for the Republican nomination.
