Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill

I am really not alarmed by this yet. Giuliani is leading primarily because he is virtually a household name across the country because of the role he played as mayor of New York City on 9-11.

I doubt anyone would question Giuliani’s ability to be an affective leader during the War on Terror if he were to become President. I don’t get the impression that he is someone who would put up with a whole lot of crap from an aggressive militant group like Al-Qaeda or a country like North Korea. However, on a social perspective the man is far, far too left wing to represent the Republican Party. He supports abortion on demand with taxpayer funding, gay marriage, and gun control. Once these issues get out during the primaries I predict that he will drop very quickly. His stance on guns I think will sink him big time in the South.

People should be leary, though. He will certainly realize that these stances will be problems for him and if he is a smart politician he will try to moderate himself more. Freedom loving Republicans should not be fooled.

Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain typically vie for the lead in Republican preference polls, but a greater percentage of Republicans say they would find Giuliani acceptable than say this about McCain (73% to 55%). Four in 10 Republicans say they would not find McCain to be an acceptable GOP presidential nominee. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is also widely considered by Republicans to be an acceptable nominee.

Gallup

I just got home from the Cagle Victory Party. What a great event.

It was not even close. 12% up by last count. Around 10:00 (24% reported, Cagle up by 10%) we knew something was up. Cagle’s family was gathered up from the crowd. And then there it was on the monitors. Reed conceded.