Jan 30, 2008

Yep, Goodbye Rudy Tuesday

ABC news is reporting that Rudy is in fact out of the race - and will endorse McCain.
(link to that)
I may have called that a little early.

What went wrong for Rudy? Perhaps saying 9/11 to start and end every sentence didn't help him. The fact that every New Yorker I've ever known hated the guy. Not because he did a bad job - but the way he talked down to New Yorkers. They didn't like that, for some reason. Was Rudy just a one trick 9/11 pony? Were voters questioning who his consultancy clients were, and the vast amounts of wealth he generated in his firm? Were people aware of his social moderate views? Maybe they saw him dressed up as a Rockette too many times? Were voters sickened by his coat-tailing of 9/11? Did he run a stupid campaign that focused too much on Florida?

Or was he just too bald?

I think it would be safe to suggest "yes" to all the above. There's probably not one single reason Rudy couldn't pull it together and win the nomination. I'm sure that dissing Iowa and New Hampshire didn't help him at all. I guess you'd have to ask a Republican voter in Florida.

And, will he be a contender for the VeeP spot?

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