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Rudy Peaked the Day he Announced
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02/08/07 11:20 AM ET
Rudy is running. And what poll numbers he has — a dream come true, low negatives, high positives — that’s America’s Mayor. Trouble is, Rudy will have to lose his issue positions a lot faster than he lost his comb-over.
Voters don’t know how liberal he really is, and conservatives who make up the Republican delegate base for 2008 are about to find out real fast. In the meantime, Rudy is telling folks that he is against late-term abortions, loves the institution of marriage (he sure does) and thinks gun control is OK for New York but maybe not for South Carolina. And, of course, he just can’t wait to appoint conservative judges. If you believe all that, I have a special deal on the Brooklyn Bridge for you.
This is a case for conservatives of the more you know, the less likely you are to support Rudy. Can you imagine how the other candidates are going to rip him to shreds in the Republican primaries? And heaven forbid he should get the nomination — it will be time for a third-party conservative candidate. Garry Bauer come to mind?
Rudy’s one chance may have been to try the “independent route” — reject the Democratic and Republican orthodoxies and be the outsider. Too late.
But, for right now, Rudy is on top. Don’t blink, though — it is all downhill from here.
Voters don’t know how liberal he really is, and conservatives who make up the Republican delegate base for 2008 are about to find out real fast. In the meantime, Rudy is telling folks that he is against late-term abortions, loves the institution of marriage (he sure does) and thinks gun control is OK for New York but maybe not for South Carolina. And, of course, he just can’t wait to appoint conservative judges. If you believe all that, I have a special deal on the Brooklyn Bridge for you.
This is a case for conservatives of the more you know, the less likely you are to support Rudy. Can you imagine how the other candidates are going to rip him to shreds in the Republican primaries? And heaven forbid he should get the nomination — it will be time for a third-party conservative candidate. Garry Bauer come to mind?
Rudy’s one chance may have been to try the “independent route” — reject the Democratic and Republican orthodoxies and be the outsider. Too late.
But, for right now, Rudy is on top. Don’t blink, though — it is all downhill from here.
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