Centerfield

We'll see.

I have one question for Giuliani... where is my government provided gun? I don't see much of a difference in logic, except that the right to have a gun is actually in the constitution (explicitly).

You'd think Giuliani is dead...except the polls consistently outperform where he should be from his liberalism in GOP terms.

Maybe his perceived leadership outweighs his perceived liberalism?

Giuliani's comments certainly took me by surprise. It's one thing to be pro-choice on abortion. It's quite another to expect taxpayers to pay for abortions. And although it's unclear by the way he was quoted, Giuliani appears to be arguing that under certain circumstances, women have a "Constitutional right" to have their abortions funded by the government. Even most liberals won't go that far. I'm curious as to what pro-life Republican think about this.

On the other hand, it's amusing to listen to liberal Democrats (who are supposedly pro-choice on abortion) raise a stink every time a pro-choice Republican runs for high political office. I can still remember Democrat Gray Davis running attack ads against moderate Republican and former mayor of Los Angeles Richard Riordan during the 2002 governor race. Riordan was locked in a very close primary race with Republican Bill Simon who was much more conservative than Riordan and also adamantly pro-life. It was clear to everyone that Riordan was much more in touch with Californians on social policy than Simon, which is why Davis feared him so much--he knew that he would have a much more difficult time defeating a moderate Republican than a conservative Republican. Thus he deliberately ran attack ads against Riordan with regards to his pro-choice views, tipping the outcome of the primary in Simon's favor.

Liberal Democrats ought to be asking themselves, if they're truly pro-choice on abortion, does it really make sense to attack Republicans who are also pro-choice?

I suspect that the "Riordan"ing of Giuliani has only just begun.

Two things come to mind

1. He realizes that original comment is out and he might as well show he's consistent

2. He's triangulating for the center Repubs and maybe a few Dems while he's at it. Where's the hard right going to go after Tancredo falls out anyway