From Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace:
—On Giuliani—
WALLACE: Two questions. One, do you think that Rudy Giuliani will actually get into this race? And secondly, can he overcome his stands on, you know, social issues — pro-gun control, pro-choice, pro-gay rights — particularly with the Republican conservative base?
BILL KRISTOL: Yes, he will run, I believe. . . . The fund-raising is moving ahead. I think he intends to run and most likely will run.
[T]he conventional wisdom is well, once he gets in the race and everyone learns that he’s pro-choice, and has a different view on gay rights and has been pro-gun control, that his support will collapse. I’m not so sure. This is a war election. The Democrats are going to be the anti-war party. McCain, Giuliani, Romney are all against renouncing the use of force in dealing with the jihadist Islamic threat.
I think if Giuliani is conservative on judges, if Giuliani says look, I served in the Reagan Justice Department with John Roberts and Samuel Alito, they’re the kinds of judges I’ll put on the court, I might vote differently as a legislator on abortion, but let’s not have the federal courts resolve these issues, let’s give them back to the democratic processes in the states — if he makes that a very key part of his campaign — his conservative view on judges — I think he has a chance to overcome social conservative concerns.






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