Report: Rudy Finished, Will Drop Out And Endorse John McCain

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KYJurisDoctor wrote on January 29, 2008 10:38 PM:

Let's get rid of Mitt "I'll flip flop on any issue" Romney.

http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2008/01/as-expected-here-mitt-ill-flip-flop-on.html#links

Greg wrote on January 29, 2008 10:42 PM:

looks like mitt has serious problems now...

marcus wrote on January 29, 2008 10:51 PM:

Hillbots: Wake up now or President McCain is on your conscience.

Mr. Purple wrote on January 29, 2008 10:53 PM:

PHEW! BuBye Rudy.

Hbot or Obama mama wrote on January 29, 2008 11:07 PM:

President McCain...yup, you're right, marcus. Could Edwards/Obama win? Or is Hillary "two fisted" (per those Kennedys) enough? Obama - oh, I want to believe. But she does have a little more under her belt. She's real. And pretty great in a lot of ways (despite the yuck factor - hello, it's DC, a smelly place, good for smelly but effective people). Nice problem to have, but you're right, it's serious.

Matt wrote on January 29, 2008 11:27 PM:

Imagine Rudy as McCain's VP with Cheney's powers. Rudy is still a danger.

Jeff Barea wrote on January 29, 2008 11:30 PM:

Media ads and "big state strategy" is not what did Giuliani in.

I told Darryl Fox (the magic man for Republicans in NY - including NY) in 1996 that the "big state strategy" could work only if:

All the money was spent on GOTV - NOT ADS.

If my former columnist Giuliani had spent from December 25, 2007 on hiring people to GOTV his 28% supporters by absentee,

and then rode the subsequent 15% at the polls he would have won.

If I had $100,000,000.00 that would have made me President.

It's not the avoidance of little states that provide media that wrecked him.

It's not spending on GOTV instead of the stupid concept that political ads - and not politics is local - will ever make a win.

George Soros, give me $100,000,000.00 to prove it.

John wrote on January 29, 2008 11:48 PM:

Thank you Rudy!

You truly helped add an extention to the Grand Ol' Party's House. For the Republican Camp, you have greatly enlarged its forces. It is looong overdue that someone says to a gay person, someone who is for gun-control, or someone who chooses to fight the abortion battle a different way; yes you may call yourself a Republican too!

Kibitzer 2006 wrote on January 30, 2008 12:53 AM:

In all fairness, Rudy's response to 9/11 was stronger than Bush's. Remember Bush ran, hid, and remained incommunicado.

--Kibitzer

Daniel wrote on January 30, 2008 1:38 AM:

Check Campaign Diaries' analysis of what tonight's Democratic results reveal about the state of the Democratic race. In short, Clinton held her ground and performed well among key groups, with some troubling signs as well.

Perfidius wrote on January 30, 2008 4:58 AM:

A victory for ferrets and nude dancers everywhere!

Richard L. Adlof wrote on January 30, 2008 5:14 AM:

I wonder how Giuliani's slightly more eviland slightly smarter twin sister feels that RUDE-ee is bailing out and not tossing his support to her. If fear-mongers can't stick together, who can?

How much longer will the GOP continue to snub the real heir to the Reagan legacy, just cuz our favorite Goldwater Girl is registered as a Demon-crat?

Richard L. Adlof wrote on January 30, 2008 5:20 AM:

Kibitzer,

RUDE-ee wanted to run and hide also but his honeymoon hideaway got all blowed up and he got stuck wandering the street in a fucking windbreaker while fireman and police and good citizens were dying . . .

Stop romancing Giuliani's stone-cold heart.

Winston Smith wrote on January 30, 2008 6:37 AM:

THANK GOD this megalomaniac dicator-wanna-be is is gone.

richard wrote on January 30, 2008 7:01 AM:

we're not out of the woods yet.. we could very well be looking at Attorney General Giuliani

::shudder::

Donal wrote on January 30, 2008 8:10 AM:

Frankly I'm still wondering which would be stronger - a McCain ticket that appeals to independents but not to the Republican establishment, or a Romney ticket with the full bag of Rove dirty tricks to use in the general election.

DaveP wrote on January 30, 2008 10:00 AM:

Hah! Perfect, now Rudy's got them just where he wants them. The path to the White House is now clear. Another brilliant stragegy!

Paul Burke wrote on January 30, 2008 10:38 AM:

All the best candidates have dropped out Bill Richardson would have made a great President, Ruddy would have been a moderate too and Edwards would have pushed against the Status Quo hard - Ron Paul a strict Constitutionalist can't get any traction (?in America?) We are suffering from brain rot and now have before us what the status quo and media have been pushing since day one - maybe Obama and a super majority democratic house and senate will push through new energy initiatives, cancel the subsidies to big oil and plow them into education - maybe he'll even have Richardson as a VP for his diplomacy skills - maybe we'll have lobbyist reform and public financing of campaigns - maybe a clean environment with the EPA fighting for clean air, water and food versus blocking multi state initiatives to clean up the air and demand better fuel economy, maybe, but as long as big oil controls the purse strings to ALL of their political ambitions - as long as anyone from Texas is lurking around (Kennedy got shot in Texas)the tax payers are an afterthought and our system of egos, power, greed, and corruption just perpetuates itself with perks, insider trading and behind closed door deals.

Michael A wrote on January 30, 2008 10:44 AM:

AMF mr. 9/11. Hopefully, your next stop will be a retirement community in st. petersburg. I don't want to hear the 9/11 mantra forever. Maybe 9/12 is finally here.

RobbyLove wrote on January 30, 2008 12:53 PM:

My sarcastic thanks to all the Independent voters and (idiotic) Democrats who crossed over to help McCain win the early states.

McCain was shown to be the only Repug with a chance to beat Obama and Hillary, and you morons voted for McCain in the primaries when Rudy, Romney and any other 'pug would've been dog meat.

Way to go. Thanks a pant load. Now we have a 50/50 chance of 4 more years of Neo-con warmongering.

*grumble grumble*

Heretic wrote on January 30, 2008 4:33 PM:

Has anyone done the math on the republican side yet? I haven't seen recent polls for most of the super Tuesday states yet. But a sizable number don't have many moderate republicans or indies to draw from for McCain. Sure, he is going to win NY, CA, and NJ, but what about Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia, Georgia, Montana, and Tennessee. I saw Huck was ahead in TN and running second in OK. I don't know offhand which states are winner take all and what it would really take for McCain to sew things up that day.

My guess is that McCain takes the big blue states and the southwest, but Huck takes the south, ND, and maybe OK. Romney gets UT. If Romney only gets UT, which seems possible right now, he is done for. And even if Huck wins all those states I mentioned, the question is whether he would be competitive in the remaining big three (TX, PA, and OH).

It doesn't really bother me that indie voters in some states voted for McCain. I can vote in either primary in GA and have toyed at times with voting for McCain as he is clearly the best of a bad bunch. I have also toyed with voting in that primary against him to prevent him from being the nominee. Sadly, it looks like I have to vote Dem that day as its gonna be close. (though if I am lucky, Obama will have a huge lead in the polls by Tuesday and then I can be devious.)

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