President Giuliani 2008?

I think Rudy’s strategy is heavily flawed - hoping to pick up momentum once we hit the more moderate states like Florida and California, where larger numbers of delegates are awarded to the national convention. (Since Florida violated RNC rules by moving its primary into January, it will loose half of its pledged delegates ot the national convention) By skipping Iowa and New Hampshire, he is ignoring the states where you meet the people one on one and get flung like a slingshot if you win. I think it will lose him the primaries. He came in with a terrible 4% support in Iowa, way behind the anti-war libertarian Ron Paul with 10%. Either McCain or Romney will win New Hampshire on Tuesday, and Rudy is unlikely to do very well in South Carolina where more Christian voters will go for Huckabee. No candidate in recent history has not done well in either Iowa or New Hampshire and won their party's nomination. What do you think?

Public Comments

1. I think the more mixed up the field is the better it is for Rudy. The early states he isn't trying in, he needs the bigger states later.
2. This is the 4th time i've seen this question... having some computer trouble bro?
3. Rudy's plan could work, if people stopped seeing him as the 9/11 candidate. Let's face it, anyone that votes knows who was Mayor of New York City on that horrible day. No one wants to relive it, but we're looking for something that will be progressive enough to prevent things like that from happening and handling new issues that are coming up. Rudy's campaign just seems to want to focus on that. While some candidates are all about change, he's all about the past. I get it, he had a great record while Mayor, but what is he going to do when he's in office? Talk to Putin about the Yankees?
4. I am in total agreement with you. I think he picked a very poor strategy. But somehow that doesn't surprise me. He has more times than not made wrong decisions.
5. Yeesh... I think I'd even prefer President Luthor over "Ghouliani"!
6. You are right, he is banking completely on florida, which is a big mistake. A, it is very important to get the votes from all the states, especially the early ones which can have an effect on later ones. B, he is banking on the large number of independents in florida, and i think that most of them will vote for barrack obama because he is a minority group like most of them, and he is likeable and advocates change in the government After his poor showing in iowa, and his inevitable poor showing in NH, he will have very very small chances of winning the nomination. Even if he did win it, he would not win the general election because he is not what most people want as a president.
7. Giuliani is out of steam,he has no conviction,he is very deceitful.
8. I agree, Giuliani lacks strategy. He also lacks what I believe other candidates lack, top experience. Yes he was mayor of NYC, yeah he eliminated crime, which was basically him sending it all to my state of 'Jersey, but other candidates are either in the Senate, Congress or are Governors. I belive he should have ran for Gov. of New York first and then try for President. Giuliani is going to have a really hard time getting nominated for his party. Mike Huckabee, potentially the worst GOP candidate of all time, is sweeping the polls purely because of his evangellical or radical christian beliefs and Mitt Romney is close behind him, but not because he is a Mormon. Giuliani should have focused some on Iowa, very little on Wyoming and spent most of his attention on New Hampshire where Huckabee wont be king. I really doubt Giuliani will get any where now.