JayS:
Rove is Bush’s pitbull, and Bush isn’t running.
As for being too liberal, he’s liberal in all the right places.
Abortion
I think there are a lot of Republican’s like myself that will be more than happy to jump off the sinking ship of religious conservatism and into Rudy’s lifeboat. I mean hell, I’m an athiest republican, so there are a lot of things I don’t like about the current administration. The fact remains that issues like taxes and the economy are much more important to me than abortion and gay rights, hence my sticking with my party. Rudy though supports all the stuff I love about my party, while supporting the few things I like about the Democrats. And I think that will be the case for a lot of Americans.
x2 accept I’m more democratic but Rudi would be the only republican I would vote for because he is not a stream line republican. Unfortunately though its going to be tough for him the win the primaries because of his views.