TPM Cafe story:

The Hill reports that the Club For Growth -- whose issues are entirely fiscal/economic, not social -- is lauding Rudy Giuliani's record cutting taxes and regulation in New York City, which it calls a city "dominated by liberal Democrats, public-sector labor unions, social-welfare activists and a powerful local news media actively hostile to a limited-government philosophy." Club president Pat Toomey, a former GOP Congressman from Pennsylvania, the said the group does have some reservations about Giuliani -- such as his past support for the McCain-Feingold law and skepticism about NAFTA -- but his overall record is nevertheless impressive.

Maybe Rudy's comments about abortion were a signal to folks like this that he wouldn't let his administration be run by the religious fanatics. And that might be a winning strategy...