It won't be Guliani

Why Rudy Guliani will not be the Republican Presidential nominee:

In an April 4 interview, a reporter for CNN, Dana Bash, played for Giuliani a statement he made in 1989. “There must be public funding for abortions for poor women.,” Giuliani said back then. “We cannot deny any woman the right to make her own decision about abortion because she lacks resources.” Bash asked if that would be Giuliani’s position were he to be elected president.

“Probably,” Giuliani replied. “I mean, I have to reexamine all of those issues…but ultimately it is a constitutional right, and therefore if it is a constitutional right ultimately, even if you do it on a state-by-state basis, you have to make sure that people are protected.”

“So you support taxpayer money or public funding for abortions in some cases?” Bash asked.

“If it would deprive someone of a constitutional right, yes,” Giuliani said.

This is a flat-out big-spending liberal pro-abortion position. Guliani was incoherent on abortion in the first debate, trying to sound not too pro-abortion while maintaining the above positions. He had a laissez faire view of Roe v Wade, he said it was okay if it was overturned and it was okay if it wasn't. It's not working. Rudy's formerly commanding lead has shrunk in the past few months, and in New Hampshire, Romney now bests Guliani in polls. Guliani's failure to finesse this issue is fatal. For that reason, I say that for the GOP nomination - "It won't be Guliani".