https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/07/08/the-conventional-reveals-the-predictable/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 00:10:21 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Novak &#8230; that font of the most conventional of conventional wisdom &#8230; tells us today what almost everybody has known for a year or three &#8211; Rudy Giuliani is running for President. [Hey, wasn&#8217;t Novak the first to write that Valerie Plame was a CIA agent?-ed. That was even more conventional wisdom.] As almost everybody also knows, Giuliani has been leading the polls for the Republican nomination virtually since they started. But continuing in his preferred mode of CW, Novak goes on to write: Republican insiders respond to these numbers by saying rank-and-file GOP voters will abandon Giuliani once they realize his position on abortion, gay rights and gun control. Party strategists calculate that if he actually runs, he must change on at least one of these issues.]]>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 06:50:23 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2006/07/08/the-conventional-reveals-the-predictable-n212653