Talkin' about Hizzoner

Conservative City Journal columnist Steven Malanga makes a good case for Rudy Giuliani and the size of his conservative streak. Giuliani is very conservative in fiscal matters and has a strong streak of personal responsibility. The problem? As Kim du Toit puts it:

But I fear that while Giuliani would fight for his own agenda items—once again, a Good Thing—he would ameliorate his position with the enemy, and might compromise on issues which may not matter to him, but which are dear to the conservatives he might have to rely upon to get into the White House. Such issues, of course, are ones like gun control/a fresh AWB, abortion and others where he is, let’s be honest, no conservative.

Yup. Sir Rudy really needs to start shoring up his stance in other areas. I like his fiscal conservatism. I think he has shown a lot of executive leadership ability as Mayor of NYC. But there are areas where he is lacking like gun control and individual civil liberties. These are things I care about and if he doesn't start making some promises, he isn't going to get my vote. Without these things he is little more than a fiscally sound collectivist and I can't abide by that.