
Rudy on the march in Florida.
Showdown in the Sunshine State: Candidates battle for Florida
Rudy Giuliani always said he was running a national campaign, aiming for the big states with the fattest delegate counts. So he avoided Iowa and New Hampshire. He had no presence in Michigan or Nevada or South Carolina. And he lost those contests. Lost big.
Florida is the test. The conventional wisdom is, if Rudy can't win there, he can't win anywhere.
Does running a "wholesale campaign" at the expense of old-fashioned "retail politics" make sense?















Thoughts
Rudy
Submitted on January 21st, 2008 by RayHJenkinsLet's face it - this is Rudy's FIRST stand. He's ducked the fights in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wyoming, Nevada, and South Carolina (did I miss anyone -calling Guam or American Samoa!)
We'll know soon enough if he's made the right choices, but it is a different strategy.
I find it interesting that Rudy is still portrayed as an active candidate, campaigning vigorously while sitting out the first 10% of the states and Fred Thompson is somehow lazy.