It Will Be Interesting To See How Giuliani Deals With The Extreme Religious Right

John McCain has learned his lesson. As previously noted, McCain recently embraced the radical, religious, bin Laden-like arm of the G.O.P., even though in 2000 he referred to Jerry Falwell an "agent of intolerance." Well, it now appears that the ball is in Rudolph Giuliani's court:

The Rev. Jerry Falwell doesn't see any Democrat making inroads with evangelical Christian voters in the next presidential election. Potential Republican candidate Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York city mayor, won't be scoring any points with Falwell, either.

"Everybody admires him. And I'll never forget the great things he did on 9/11 and following," Falwell said.

"But, of course, we have, as conservative Christians who take the Bible seriously, we have probably irreconcilable differences on life and family and that kind of thing," Falwell said Sunday on "Late Edition" on CNN.

"I'll never speak an ill word about him because he means so much to America. But, yes, you're right. I couldn't support him for president," he said.

Will Giuliani be forced to suck up to the American Taliban just like McCain did, or will he attempt to represent the moderate wing of the Republican Party? Stay tuned.