We lost Fred! (I’ll probably write him in) so the best we can do now is Romney. If he can’t be the nom, I might be persuaded to hold my nose tighter-than-I-ever-have to vote for him. I won’t vote for the Huck-a-billy, or that self-serving back-stabber McCain.

Unfortunately, we (the U.S.) won’t be able to keep up the anti-amnesty fervor up for four more years. It’s mostly gone now.

…no hope, no hope…

When the Republicans start taking direction from the New York Times and MSNBC is the day we pack up and go home.

Of course the NYT does not want Rudy to be the nominee. They know first-hand that he will win and how he will govern and it is is pretty much the opposite of what the high muckey-mucks at the NYT want.

Rudy is now the only chance left of getting a reasonably conservative government. McCain is against pretty much everything we stand for: e.g. lower taxes, doing what is necessary to stop the terrorists from committing more acts of murder and mayhem (he has been good on only Iraq), free speech, illegal alien amnesty. No way we give him the nomination. And I am sorry but, but Mitt is a phoney and those of you that can’t see it, should stop believing what you want and start looking at real facts.
Not only that, Mitt will be another suck up to the Saudi power structure, just like Pres Bush has. Do you really want that???

Rudy will be the nominee. You can take that to the bank.

georgealbert on January 22, 2008 at 2:40 PM

I certainly hope not. I can’t imagine anyone actually wanting ruDy to be the R nominee. There’s no way he’d win the presidency even if he went against Hillary. Read this article and tell me that this is the type of ‘leadership’ that you want in your president.

And he was the presumed front runner. He would have likely won the nomination had he actually campaigned outside of Florida. Thankfully he was thwarted. People like ruDy absolutely have no business being anywhere near power. ruDy is only interested in who is and is not loyal to him. He doesn’t give one iota about anything of ethic and substance.

Please read the article. I know you think it is a ‘hit piece’ by the NYT, but I guarantee you they KNOW ruDy better than you do.

We’ll see how those polls look after a few days of media fawning. These early primaries are all about impressing the voters with your campaign. What win looks the most impressive? Iowa? South Carolina/New Hampshire? Nevada/Wyoming/Michigan? Florida? I’d say Florida, but reasonable people can disagree.

There is no way that after what McCain has done to the Repub party in the last 7 years that he will get the Repub nomination.

That leaves Rudy. The biggest issue Rudy has is the pro-choice situation which he has handled honestly (as opposed to Romney) but not effectively. He will do that.

Rudy will be the nominee. You can take that to the bank.

Rudy could conceivably come in 3rd in his ‘must-win’ state. Brutal. That’s political annihilation.

No, he wouldn’t be. At 14 points behind McCain nationally with only 2 weeks before Super Tuesday the modest boost he’d get from a narrow win in Florida wouldn’t be nearly enough to make him the front-runner.

That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

Now, Rudy may win Florida and he may lose. I’m not claiming I have a crystal ball. But it’s not an ordinary win or loss either way.

If he wins, the story is that he’s a political genius, that all the early-voting states have just been rendered moot, and that all the press who wrote him off were fools. It’ll be a tidal-wave of a story and a Flubber-like bounce.

Similarly if he loses you can spread out all the New York Times’ many gleeful articles castigating him as an idiot and delcaring his candicy dead that will surely follow and roll around in them naked and giggling to your hearts’ content.

One thing that would probably do it is an endorsement from Crist. My guess is that’s the reason he’s been pushing the disaster insurance plan so hard the last few days. If I’m Rudy, I do whatever it takes, including making a deal to give Crist the VP slot, which makes perfect sense anyway.

Rudy wins Florida and he’s the front-runner (again).
RightOFLeft on January 22, 2008 at 2:05 PM

No, he wouldn’t be. At 14 points behind McCain nationally with only 2 weeks before Super Tuesday the modest boost he’d get from a narrow win in Florida wouldn’t be nearly enough to make him the front-runner.

Rudy has tried to play rope-a-dope with his Republican primary competitors. But unlike in boxing, his competitors have gotten stronger after each round and he’s just gotten weaker. Sure, it’s possible he could win FL. But with a week to go does anyone seriously think he win outright? So after spending untold millions and losing IA, NH, WY, MI, and SC (in many places with single-digits and behind Ron Paul) Rudy is going to claim a second place finish in FL as a victory? That’s delusional. In order to prove that his strategy is sound Rudy has to win outright in FL and try to capitalize on that for 2/5.

If Romney or McCain wins FL then Rudy should stop embarrassing himself and find something else to do. To go back to the boxing metaphors, Rudy has lost the first 5 rounds without throwing a punch. He needs a knockout or at least a standing eight-count to prove he’s viable. Otherwise he’s a punching bag with an unpaid staff and dwindling support.

Once he wins FL (assuming he wins FL), he will shoot back up everywhere. If he looses in FL, he will be the most unsuccessful candidate evah!

His FL strategy was predicated on certain assumptions in the first place. Haven’t they changed?

SO far the conservative label hsa been the kiss of death in this primary season. So I dont see where labeling McCain as non conservative hurts him it hasnt hurt anyone but the conservatives ?

I wish I knew why the party has taken a lurch to the left but it has.

William Amos on January 22, 2008 at 1:58 PM

So far the conservative label has been problematic because independents and dems have been able to vote in the early primary states. That will not be the case as we continue.

Is anybody else disturbed by the fact that Independents and Dems have had more influence over who the Republicans elect to be their nominee then do registered Republicans? I am disturbed by this. Call me old fasioned by I want to see Republicans deciding who the Republicans want to be their nominee.

P.S. NY gets 101 winner take all delegates. It may go to the Dems in November, but it will have a big say in who is the Reps nominee.

It’s not just Rudy’s hopes riding on this campaign, it’s (some) Floridians aspirations to more influence on the primaries. And it’s all or nothing. Should be interesting, especially if Floridian voters get a whiff of the electing power they could have if they vote for Giuliani.

John McCain’s home county voted him the “Most Unacceptable” candidate

Actually, it was a previously unannounced “straw” poll that was optional at a meeting to elect a country chairman. Ron paul got 17% of the vote. It definitely didn’t represent the Republicans in the county who may or may not vote for McCain but would hardly rank him below Ron Paul.

Go Fred!

If the RINOs and MSM kill Fred off before November, I’ll write him in.

No more compromises for me. Let the revolt begin!

http://www.ontheissues.org/Gun_Control.htm#Headlines

Mitt Romney on Gun Control
Former Republican Governor (MA)
Will support assault weapons bill and Brady Bill. (Aug 1994)

How many delusional republicans think this story has any relevance, whatsoever? New York? Are you people f****** kidding? Is New York really going to go to any republican?

urbancenturion on January 22, 2008 at 1:44 PM

It’s relevant with regards to Rudy’s chances for the nomination- his entire election strategy has counted on FL and later NY, his home state. If he doesn’t win there, there’s not many (if any) places he can.

I wish I knew why the party has taken a lurch to the left but it has.