Dissin Rudy?
Posted by Moonage on 27 Apr 2005 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race
Todd Zywicki pointed me to Patrick Ruffin, who makes the hypothesis:
The conventional wisdom seems to be congealing in an anti-Rudy direction, and not willing to automatically cast a jaundiced eye on actual polls of said conservative primary voters, I’d like to run a test for the solidly conservative blog activists who will be instrumental in setting the early c.w. for 2008.
He then puts his claim on the line by running a poll. I’m not going to reveal the results yet. I would like for you all to try the poll.
It’s the hypothesis that gets me. I haven’t seen any conventional wisdom that is anti-Rudy. None. There’s going to be political positioning all over the place for the next couple of years, but I expect that. None of that will settle on me as "conventional wisdom". The conventional wisdom I have is that although Rudy is very popular as a US icon and hero, he’s not terribly good at conventional politics and won’t run the risk of tarnishing his hero status by putting his dirty laundry out for public fodder again. In short, he won’t run. I think Frist is positioning himself for a run, but won’t pull the trigger. McCain better. But, if he teams up with Kennedy one more time, he’s toast. I haven’t seen any action from Allen. I really don’t expect him to be in the picture. I’m not ready to speculate who the Republican(s) might be. But, I am quick to toss out those that I don’t expect to be viable. None of Ruffin’s choices are. But, it’s interesting none the less.
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on 27 Apr 2005 at 10:48 pm 1.UNCoRRELATED said …
CW on 2008
Patrick Ruffini is running a poll of conservative bloggers to determine the conventional wisdom for 2008. Just one problem–Ruffini appears to have rigged the game. Rudy Giuliani is set up as the front runner against which a handful of challengers…