Besides, Rudy is the only candidate that can defeat Barak or Clinton. Mr. Mono Tone (McCain) is like listening corpse and certainly doesn’t inspire people.

Romney Will tell you anything you want to hear to get elected.

That said, I do think if Rudy does at all well in Florida, it could knock Romney’s momentum from under him, leaving this largely between McCain and….. who? The Republican field is such a mess. Honestly, after thinking McCain was done, seeing him do this well against favorites like Huckabee, Thompson, Rudy and Romney, I think he will end up taking the nomination.

Question is who will he pick as his VP?

Rudy Giuliani is the only one who I see going out on a limb to propose real solutions in employing core Republican Ideals. Cut anti-competitive taxes, free-market solutions to health care and education, a strong defense and wisdom about foreign affairs. I’m a social moderate but I understand that social conservatives have a bone to pick with his anti-abortion but pro-choice position. But the guy has pledged constructionist judges, effectively making him anti-abortion and anti-choice. If you think that is a flip-flop then whats Mitt Romney? Rudy Giuliani has the passion and the fervor that this country so desperately needs to keep America Strong! VOTE RUDY 2008!!!

This is why he is not the best candidate for the nomination, he will be beat up on all fronts, he cannot win against any democrat, think about that, he can’t even win in states he spent almost two years campaigning and millions of dollars, then where can he win? And going up against the money the dems have achieved, means that his money is less of a tool as it is against the likes of huckabee, mccain, thompson, and these guys still give him a run for his money and still beat him, so in my opinion, if he can’t win against other republicans when he has every advantage, then he is not going to even come close to winning the general election, anyone else would do better in the general election.

“It comes as no surprise that a presidential candidate who has so cravenly pandered to the right wing of his party by auctioning off his past would ask supporters to do the same,” said DNC spokesman Damien LaVera. “Unless smooth talking Mitt Romney was planning on recycling those old tax-raising, pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-immigrant, pro-gay rights, and pro-campaign finance reform positions in a general election, we thought we’d auction them off for charity.”

It is becoming difficult for Mitt Romney to keep track of his twists and turns on the abortion issue. The photograph above shows Romney back in June 1994 during his first big political campaign, running against Sen. Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts. It was taken at a fund-raiser for the pro-abortion rights group, Planned Parenthood, in Cohasset, Mass. The woman with her back to Romney is Nicki Nichols Gamble, former president of the Massachusetts branch of Planned Parenthood, which accepted a $150 contribution from Romney’s wife Ann (in a white jacket to Romney’s right.)

The “pro-choice” candidate for senator, and later governor, of Massachusetts is now the “pro-life” candidate for president of the United States. His record as governor is controversial, however. Interviewed by Tim Russert on “Meet the Press” last Sunday, Romney claimed that he took a “pro-life” position on “every piece of legislation” that came before him. But that is untrue, at least by his present definition of what constitutes “life.”

The Facts
Romney announced his conversion to “pro-life” views in an editorial in the Boston Globe on July 25, 2005, the day after vetoing a bill expanding access to the so-called “morning after” pill, which required that it be made available to rape victims. See my detailed and updated chronology here. Abortion rights groups such as Planned Parenthood expressed shock at the governor’s change of heart, after he had personally signed a pledge to support increased access to the “morning after” pill. “Pro-Life” groups hailed the decision.

That was not the end of the story, however. The controversy over “emergency contraception” continued to haunt Romney. In October 2005, another bill came to his desk, seeking a federal waiver to expand the number of Massachusetts citizens eligible for family planning services, including the “morning after” pill. Romney signed that bill over the objections of his new anti-abortion allies. On this occasion, he was applauded by “pro-choice” advocates.

The issue came up yet again in December 2005. After weeks of agonizing, Romney instructed all hospitals in the state to comply with the terms of the emergency contraception law, and make the morning-after pill available to rape victims. He acted on the advice of his legal counsel, over the objections of half a dozen Catholic hospitals, which had previously refused to provide emergency contraception on the grounds that it conflicted with their religious views.

“Flip,flop,flip,” editorialized the Boston Herald, on December 9, 2005. “Yes, Gov. Mitt Romney has now executed an Olympic-caliber double flip-flop with a gold medal-performance twist-and-a-half on the issue of emergency contraception.”

Views on the acceptability of the “morning after” pill vary greatly, depending on exactly how you define “life.” Many “pro-life” advocates, including Romney, take the view that life begins at the moment when a female egg is fertilized by the male sperm. They are opposed to the “morning after” pill, because it can prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg in the uterus. “Pro-choice” groups argue that life begins much later.

Romney’s gyrations on abortion have upset both sides. “For Mitt Romney, this has been not just a flip-flop, but an extreme makeover,” said Angus McQuilken, vice president for public affairs with the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts. “Where he stands on any issue is always a moving target.”

“I don’t see how he can sign bills like that and say with a straight face that he is taking a pro-life position,” said Joseph M. Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League, which is opposed to all forms of abortion. “There’s no way we can accept that.”