Giuliani and the 80/20 rule

The conventional take on Rudy Giuliani's courtship of the religious right is that the former New York City mayor gutsily has refused to compromise his pro-choice principles, instead asking pro-life Christian conservatives not to allow his differences with them on that issue to obscure larger areas of agreement. In fact, in a well received speech at the recent Values Voters Summit sponsored by the Family Research Council, Hizzoner tried to make a virtue of out of his apostasy.

By Michael McGough

November 1, 2007