Christian Leaders Threaten to Abandon GOP

Christian leaders, such as James Dobson, have threatened to withdraw their support, and their votes, from the Republican Party if Rudy Giuliani wins the nomination. Giuliani's pro-choice values clash with those of Christian leaders and so they have delivered an ultimatum; nominate a candidate that holds their conservative Christian values or lose a significant chunk of their votes. Personally I think this is somewhat a moot point. Christian hardliners are the only ones who vote in the GOP primaries so they really shouldn't have too much to worry about. If Giuliani makes it through the primaries and earns the party nomination they've got no one to blame but themselves. It's really a rather dumb strategy anyways since a hardliner Republican will have almost zero chance to win the Presidency against even a semi-competent Democratic candidate. You may as well go for a more middle of the road candidate like Giuliani and get at least some of the values you care about. Some is better than none.