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''Main article: [[Rudy Giuliani 2008 Presidential Campaign]]''
 
''Main article: [[Rudy Giuliani 2008 Presidential Campaign]]''
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He is running for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 2008.  The [[National Catholic Register]] is advising Catholics not to vote for Giuliani in 2008 because he is pro-choice. <ref>[http://ncregister.com/site/article/2017 No Deal Rudy]</ref><br>
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Giuliani is running for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 2008.  The [[National Catholic Register]] is advising Catholics not to vote for Giuliani in 2008 because he is pro-choice.<ref>[http://ncregister.com/site/article/2017 No Deal Rudy]</ref><br>
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Giuliani led in most polls for the 2008 Republican nomination until December 2007, when he began to fall behind other candidates.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-192.html#polls</ref>
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Giuliani led in most national polls for the 2008 Republican nomination until December 2007, when he began to fall behind other candidates.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-192.html#polls</ref> He came in sixth in the Iowa caucuses on January 3, 2008; fourth in the New Hampshire primary on January 8; sixth in the Michigan primary on January 15; and sixth in the Nevada caucuses and the South Carolina primary on January 19.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/</ref>
    
In an apparent attempt to appease (or mislead) [[conservatives]], Giuliani picked [[libertarians]] (Ted Olson and Miguel Estrada) and an executive (Larry Thompson), all likely to be pro-choice, to head his panel for nominating judges.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289367,00.html</ref>  Olson opposed [[conservative]] [[John Roberts]] in 1982 on limiting jurisdiction,<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/27/roberts.documents/index.html</ref> and Estrada applied RICO against abortion protesters and forced open the airwaves to profanity.  The [[neoconservative]] (socially [[liberal]]) [http://powerlineblog.com/archives/018248.php Power Line blog] declared without basis, "It would be hard to come up with a group of lawyers and judges that would be more reassuring to conservatives in this regard."
 
In an apparent attempt to appease (or mislead) [[conservatives]], Giuliani picked [[libertarians]] (Ted Olson and Miguel Estrada) and an executive (Larry Thompson), all likely to be pro-choice, to head his panel for nominating judges.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289367,00.html</ref>  Olson opposed [[conservative]] [[John Roberts]] in 1982 on limiting jurisdiction,<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/27/roberts.documents/index.html</ref> and Estrada applied RICO against abortion protesters and forced open the airwaves to profanity.  The [[neoconservative]] (socially [[liberal]]) [http://powerlineblog.com/archives/018248.php Power Line blog] declared without basis, "It would be hard to come up with a group of lawyers and judges that would be more reassuring to conservatives in this regard."
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