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...questions themselves proved the stupidity of conducting debates on such narrow premises. The moderators asked Giuliani: “To what do you attribute the declining of support among Hispanics to Republicans?” They asked Romney: “Why has the Hispanic support for Republicans declined?” And they asked Thompson: “What are you going to do—what can you offer to recover the lost ground among Hispanics?” The candidates duly recited their talking points, and assured the moderators that they didn’t hate Hispanics...
...take a shot at Republicans. Besides a large number of the questioners being avowed supporters of Democratic candidates, the questions were insulting. One video showed a man from Texas brandishing a Bible asking, “Do you believe this book?” We soon learned that Giuliani thought some stories were allegorical, Romney interpreted it differently than others, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee still didn’t quite understand it totally. Bet that made your decision easier, didn?...
...year ago, less even than it did three months ago. Polls point to the political equivalent of a total solar eclipse, with three different Republicans leading in three of the initial primary and caucus states: Mike Huckabee in Iowa, Mitt Romney in New Hampshire and Rudy Giuliani in Michigan. None of these men, at present, would beat Hillary Clinton in a general-election matchup, and each would fare little better against Barack Obama. "If somebody could run as None of the Above," says former McCain campaign chief John Weaver, "he would be the front-runner...
...Even Giuliani, the national front-runner - a title that normally means something in a G.O.P. race but this year is the equivalent of "honorary chairman" - is slumping in polls. Republicans have no experience with chaos like this, except in history books. "It is without a doubt," says G.O.P. strategist Ralph Reed, "the most unpredictable roller-coaster ride we've seen in a Republican primary since the rise of the primary in the 1960s." Party-history buff Newt Gingrich went further: he called the G.O.P. contest the most wide-open race the party has held since 1940 - the year Wendell Willkie...
...that might favor them next year - immigration - the leading Republicans have had to scramble to realign themselves with voters in their base. Bush came into office in 2001 in favor of a pathway to citizenship for some illegals, only to discover that his party's right flank opposed it. Giuliani, McCain and Romney, all of whom to varying degrees once backed that approach, have recalibrated their positions so that they share the public's desire to secure the borders before granting aliens any legal rights to put down roots. The party's nativist temptation is already having an impact: almost...