Judging from my mailbag, I didn’t make myself clear on some points in my column today. I have no objections to social conservatives opposing Giuliani. My complaint is that they have not done a very good job of doing so. To recap: They have failed to effectively communicate Giuliani’s record to fellow social conservatives in the Republican Party; they have failed to exert effective pressure on Giuliani from the right; they have failed to consider viable options to Giuliani; and even their third-party threats are premature and not well thought out enough to constitute a serious effort. These failures, as much as a Giuliani nomination or a Hillary presidency, threaten social conservatism as a serious force in American politics.
More later.
