Love Rudy, but no way the Reps will support him. They'll lose their "base".
i.e. - those dudes are not kicking out $$$ for a guy who's pro-choice and not foaming at the mouth about gays
You mean the evangellicals. Despite what many may think, the Moral Majority vote is becomming the black and union votes of the Republicans.
I.E., a voting group that pretty much solely votes for one party (just like African-Americans and unions) that the party takes advantage of them, pretending that they're politically important when they really aren't, and the other party will ignore them because they're no point in trying to capture their vote, they'll keep voting the same way regardless.
Why do I say this?
Because first of all, most Americans are getting sick of the Moral Majority.
Second, take a look at John McCain, he's been courting them for years thinking that they're important and his campaign is in ruins. If he just simply courted his actual base, regular conservatives and moderate Republicans, instead of alienating them, he'd have a fighting chance.
Third, the Moral Majority really has no candidate they can really back. Mike Huckabee is a dark horse, he really can't be counted on with getting the nomination. Their best chance was Fred Thompson, but he's lazy as hell and most people are seeing through that hence why his campaign is starting to show signs of faltering.
If Giuliani gets nominated, he'll play his campaign as "If you don't vote for me or run a third party candidate, Hillary will get elected, which is far worse than me." And the Moral Majority will fall right into his hands.
And frankly, there's more to the Republicans than the Moral Majority.
