We all know Giuliani must play a blinding game of deception if he is to win the Republican nomination
Right, or else that one super-strong social ultra-Conservative so popular with the base will beat him to a pulp.
What is his name again?
Early days
but given time its possible that a more bona fide social conservative, who does stand a chance of being elected, will emerge
Giuliani is no social conservative; while the base has every reason to be cynical about Romney and many loathe McCain
There is certainly a void to fill as far as the Republican bench goes. As of now, I don't see any of the more bona fide conservatives thus far declared filling it but it doesn't follow that nobody, given time, won't. Who that will be remains to be seen
Giuliani is ahead 1) because McCain, the early favorite, is faltering and 2) there is that, almost romanticised, heroic persona of him in the wake of 9/11. Were he not Mayor of New York there and then, he'd not even have a sniff at the Republican nomination let alone a good shot at it
As of now, Giuliani appears to be consolidating his lead on McCain but when all comes to all is Giuliani so 'special', so unique, that he can avoid the fate that usually awaits front-runners?
Dave
