Rudy may very well be the name that can carry the Repubs. Christine Todd Whitman is still filled with remorse over being complicit in the lie that had ground crews clean up without ventilators -- Rudy has no sense of guilt over this crime.
I am a native New Yorker and have followed Rudy from his crime busting days to his run as Mayor of NYC. He anti-gun and pro-choice. He has been married so many times that he has rice marks on his face. Hillary is praying that he runs against her. I am not a Repug or a Dem for that matter but he wouldn't have defeated Hillary for the Senate either in 2000. Rudy is another politician that is still riding 911. He would be like Junior, a very poor leader. Also, when the BASE gets a look at his stances on social issues, he is dead in the water. JMHO.