A Good Case for Rudy Giuliani

Sometimes deduction is a superior method for arriving at a conclusion. I get the feeling that in many ways it may be useful for Republicans in this Presidential election cycle. Rudy Giuliani is getting some points in my book, not because of all of the great things I'm hearing about him, but for what I'm not hearing about him. This article in the Christian Science Monitor goes as far as discounting him as a candidate entirely.

That's a pattern I've noticed quite a bit lately. "Sure, he's leading in the polls and he's the top money getter, but he's not really going to win." Why not? When I hear the former mayor talk about fiscal policy, he not only makes sense, he scores far higher than anyone else in the field except for Ron Paul (who can't enact his policies in our current governmental system). Giuliani also says the right things about defense.

He's a well rounded candidate, with some fairly liberal social ideas. Does that disqualify him as a Republican candidate? He's promised to appoint strict constructionists to the court and has acknowledged his differences with the social conservatives under the Republican tent. If social conservatives are pushing litmus tests, then the party is truly dead and deserves to be thumped by the squishy and diametrically opposed to common sense Democrats.

Giuliani is a candidate that makes sense across a wide range of subjects and I'd be quite comfortable with him in the Oval Office. And, going back to deduction, I think the left fears him. The media is awfully quick dismissing a frontrunner and I don't think that's an accident. He could easily put a ton of blue states into play. The big question, that I've posited here before is how many red states does he bring into play?

Only the Republicans can say. I hope they speak a clear and decisive "none," if Rudy Giuliani makes the final cut.