David Kuo questions Ralph Reed about Rudy Giuliani and gets a very interesting response:

Kuo: Do you think an evangelical Christian should have problems voting for Rudy Giuliani given his liberal social policy positions?

Reed: Rather than particularize that answer to Rudy Giuliani, let me say as a general proposition that those are prudential judgments based on the individual candidate---and their opponent. In 1992, the pro-family community supported Paul Coverdell, who was pro-choice, for the U.S. Senate in Georgia. Until his untimely death in 2000, Paul voted consistently pro-life, helped defeat the Clinton health care plan, and became one of the most respected conservatives in the U.S. Senate.

There are circumstances when an 80 percent friend is not a 20 percent enemy. We will have to await the outcome of the dialogue between Mayor Giuliani and the faith community and voting in some early primaries to know the answer with regard to this race. Religious conservatives should stand on principle but also recognize that a political party is not a church. If they do so, they will be the most effective voting bloc in the nation.