Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:26:48 PM
The fact is that I am going to vote for a Republican for President in 2008. Colorado has next to no influence on who that Republican will be.
I hope it is not John McCain. I think he is untrustworthy. This McCain-Feingold business soured me on him.
I hadn't thought that Rudy Giuliani had much of a chance to get through the primaries, given his personal, as opposed to his public record. Lightning might strike. Today, Vincent Carroll of the Rocky Mountain News has made some points worth considering:
But if you really want evidence of Giuliani's credentials as a credible Republican candidate, you need to know only this single fact: In the 1990s, the political left in New York despised him. They demonized him without pause, while peddling hysteria about the calamitous effects his supposedly mean-spirited policies would usher in (but didn't).
Put it this way: Even if Giuliani is unacceptable to the social conservatives who dominate the GOP's base, they ought to give the man his due. No candidate so far in the running has jousted more with their own enemies, and none boasts more victories to his credit, either.
If Giuliani gets the nomination, will Colorado Values Voters see their way to vote for him, or will they simply choose not to vote as happened with Coors and Beauprez?
Make no mistake. I'm not lobbying for Giuliani (or anyone else) to get the nomination, but regardless of who gets it, I want to see full throated support from all Colorado Republicans.
If Republicans think "moderate" Governor Ritter is giving them heartburn, wait until they see what "moderate" President Hillary will be passing out.