Pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-gun control Rudy Guiliani has made it official: He's running for president. Alright, alright, he's just "testing the waters"--as his Federal Election Commision filing puts it. The same phony conservatives who have pretended that George W. Bush is a conservative will pretend that Giuliani is one too. He's not. That doesn't make him the devil. He's a good man, an able leader, and an experienced politician. He just doesn't share my values or embrace my ideas. He's not my choice for president. Giuliani's entry into the 2008 presidential sweepstakes might, strangely, prove to be good news for conservatives. With Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and George Pataki splitting the votes of liberal and moderate Republicans, a dark-horse conservative candidate could easily fill the rather large void on the Right. Primary voters are from the Republican wing of the Republican Party. Rudy Giuliani, clearly, is not.

I couldn't agree more.

The candidates to watch are Tancredo, Gingrich, Buchanan, and Brownback.

Gingrich has just a sordid personal life as Bill Clinton. It'd be a hard sell for the Reich.

Tanredo has an excellent platform for about a third of primary voters. In a split race, that might be enough.

Buchanan has won NH before, and may do so again.

Brownback is a heavywieght Christian who- even more than Bush and Romney combined, is in touch with the Reich.

And FYI I've always assumed Gullani is preparing an Independent bid.

I think its likely that a high profile Newt or Tancredo run is going to cause the other candidates to run to the right, while also looking electable, and then end up being nominated.

Hey heehaw, get it right. Its the Fourth Reich!

A pro-abortion candidate cannot win the Republican primaries, much less the general election. If the social conservatives didn't vote for the Republican candidate in the general election (and they certainly would not vote for a pro-abortion candidate), the Republican would receive less than 40% of the popular vote.

Is Romney pro-life? I think he is.

If so I think he probably has the best chance of getting the nomination.

Yep, he is. Romney is actually a rarity these days: a conservative Republican.

Isn't it true that Rudy took up residence with a male friend and his friend's partner? Regardless of the circumstances, that probably won't go over too well with most middle American conservatives.

I'd take Rudy over Hillary any day.

Romney is not Pro-Life.