[barryg]

Ouch.

[barryg]

Giuliani’s loss has been McCain’s gain. I still like Giuliani but his negatives really caught up with him . . and the New York Media absolutely despises Rudy. If he wins Florida, all is back on track for Rudy. A big if . .

[pissant]

Bummer. LOL

[Farmer Dean]

Rudy’s the proverbial turd in the punchbowl around here(Ohio).Midwesterners look at his cross-dressing photos and don’t want to know any more..

[lightning]

Bill Kristol is McCain’s toady and is the managing editor of the “Weakly” Standard. His whole crew at the Standard is in the tank for McCain and favors McCain’s policy of amnesty.

[Lancey Howard]

The only question is, will the (winning) tortoise be Thompson or Hunter? (Hopefully.)

[ilgipper]

Somewhat flawed argument...he didn’t really run in Iowa, and barely in NH. It is Florida or bust for Rudy. Always has been. Mitt’s failure to connect is a boost for Rudy. If Fred rises or if somehow McCain becomes a clear front runner, he might be in trouble with his strategy. The negative news about the mistress coupled with rebirth of the Kerik story have hurt him for certain, but he is not finished yet. If he loses FL, he’s done, but that was the case from the beginning.

[stockstrader]

Even as a card-carrying member of the "Anybody But Giuliani" Club--I, too, am astounded at the speed and size of Giluiani's drop in the polls! Even I didn't expect him to drop this far, this fast.

However, I would NOT rule him out yet--as the current unbelievable CHAOS plays perfectly into Giuliani's strategy of waiting until the big delegate states.

Just think, if he carries Florida's 'winner take all' primary--he will have a big lead in delegates--even though his national polls have been shocking, humiliating and embarrassing (dropping from almost 40% to under 20%)!!!! Amazing primary system, isn't it?

CHAOS is Rudy's best friend. It really works for Rudy--it might work really, really well!!! But, if a liberal like Rudy gets the nomination because of the chaos--a terminally divided, unfixable and broken party is what he will lead.

[hiredhand]

Wow...they dinged the cross dressing freak pretty hard. :-) GOOD.

[Calpernia]

In Blue Jersey, Rudy's own backyard, the results of Saturday's Middlesex County Presidential Convention show he is down more than half since March 2007 in support.

1st Choice

38% Rudy Giuliani
16% Fred Thompson
15% John McCain
12% Mitt Romney
11% Ron Paul
5% Mike Huckabee
5% Duncan Hunter

2nd Choice

27% John McCain
22% Fred Thompson
17% Mitt Romney
12% Rudy Giuliani
8% Ron Paul
8% Mike Huckabee
6% Duncan Hunter

[ex-snook]

Rudolph looks like he is waiting for all the other GOPers to drop out one by one leaving him in the final two. But Rudolph if you were the winner, you won’t get my vote.

[penowa]

I’m surprised it took him this long to implode. Had there been a more conservative stronger field of candidates, he would have enjoyed the success of Arlen Specter from the beginning.