Rudy’s Out
Posted by Moonage on 30 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race
After putting all his eggs in one basket, Rudy did dismally in Florida. He’s out.
I had hopes for Rudy being  a viable candidate, he just either chose, or was advised some really awful strategy. By ignoring all the previous primaries, he ignored all the free publicity that comes with it. Even if he hadn’t won in the other states, the news would have been talking about him and giving him the opportunity to rally the troops in Florida. As it was, they pretty much had to sit around for a month while everyone else grabbed the spotlight. Additionally, he had no momentum going into Florida.
Bad plan.
The good plan is immediately endorsing another candidate and keeping his name in the mix. I’m sure a lot of people cringe at the suggestion of a McCain/Giuliani ticket, but I kind of like the mix. Both conservative but neither too much so.
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on 30 Jan 2008 at 10:20 am 1.Moonage Political Webdream » Blog Archive » Edwards Out said …
[...] Given Rudy’s flop in Florida, I fully expected him to give up. However, given Edwards’ usual tenacity in the face of obvious defeat, I fully expected him to ride the entire race out, even if he didn’t do so well in the polls. The reason being I never thought he had a chance to win this one given the dynamics of facing two unique candidates. So, I will admit I am surprised he is bowing out this early. I figured his game was to garner a certain amount of delegates in order to have a carrot come nomination day for a major position within the next administration. As close as the race between Obama and Clinton is shaping up to be, possibly, he could have had a major impact on the nomination itself. Apparently I was wrong. He’s out as of today. I’m not sure why, and I’m sure his resignation speeches won’t say exactly why as no one ever does. I’ll be a lot more interested in who he endorses than Rudy’s endorsement, only because I fully expected Rudy to endorse McCain and he did. I really have no clue who, if anyone, Edwards might back. Although he couldn’t win the primaries, his 10% to 15% constituency could swing this thing. I gotta admit, this one does surprise me. 2008 Presidential Race, john edwards Sphere: Related Content View blog reactions [...]