While there are a number of Republican candidates that I feel I could support in the upcoming presidential election, I am behind Rudy. While I know that many of my fellow conservatives have at least one problem with America's Mayor, I think a quote from Barry Goldwater is appropriate: "Let's grow up, conservatives."

We are going to have one hell of a time in this next election, and the only candidate that we can field that I feel can win is Rudy.  Supposedly, the country is divided into thirds: one conservative, one liberal, and one undecided. Face the facts, the Dems and the media have done pretty well over the last few years alienating the undecided third from the Republicans. So we go into the election with a distinct disadvantage. This is not the election to get conservative social policies through the electorate.

The platform that Rudy is running on is War on Jihad, and strong economy. These are areas all of us right of center can agree upon. And these are areas that the Republicans have obvious strengths over the Democrats (notice that not a single Dem will mention the word Islam; half of the candidates even deny a "war on terror")

Our party will get trounced unless we can convince the 1/3 undecideds that these are the most important issues of this election, which I believe we can, since they are. While the media will tell you time and time again that the GOP lost last year's midterm election because of Iraq, you know in your heart it was because too many of us (not me) stayed home to protest our representative's view on immigration. "Let's grow up, conservatives." If you stay home again this year because you can't stomach our nominee's view of abortion, you cede even more ground in the Congress (since many folks skipping the election because they don't like Rudy won't be voting for Congress), and the Executive....to Hillary!!!

The most anti-abortion candidate can do nothing more to stem or end abortion than to appoint Originalists to the Court, and this Rudy has stated he will do. The vast majority of Americans are against gay marriage, no president (at least on our side) would allow this to happen. No president wants to be a one term president; Rudy will guarantee a one-term-and-out showing if he does anything to offend you.

Enough people in America love Rudy enough to put every single state in play, should we nominate him. Enough people in America right now are fed up with Republicans to put every single state in the Democrats' reach, should we fail to nominate someone that can compete.

"Let's grow up, conservatives."