Giuliani: Abortion not a Litmus Test for Judges

The reason Giuliani, who ran NYC as a liberal, is doing so well among Republicans can be blamed (if you are a conservative) on Bush. Bush is doing to the Republicans what Bill Clinton did to the Democrats--destroyed the party:

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, a proponent of abortion rights, said Wednesday he would not use a judicial nominee’s stand on the issue or the landmark Supreme Court decision as a litmus test.

On a campaign swing through conservative western Iowa, the former New York mayor pledged to appoint judges who would strictly interpret the Constitution on gun rights and other issues. Abortion never came up in his address to about 100 people at a junior high school, but it did during an exchange with reporters.