Is Giuliani Abandoning Iowa And N.H?

GOP Hopeful Is Campaigning Hard In Florida While The Other Candidates Stick In Iowa

(CBS)  Today in sunny Ft. Lauderdale, Rudy Giuliani campaigned as if the Florida primary was next week.

Giuliani told CBS News national correspondent Byron Pitts: “Well, sure, we’re getting near the end now!”

And perhaps he has to.

Pitts asked: “Here is something that I've heard from people who support you in Iowa in New Hampshire. This is a quote: 'Why has Rudy Giuliani written off New Hampshire and Iowa?'”

“We haven’t had a proportionate strategy in that we’ve tried to spend time in all of the states,” Giuliani said. “I see it as a nine-inning game and in a nine-inning game…”

“But you don’t have to play the first three?” Pitts asked.

“Sure, we have. We've been in Iowa quite a bit,” Giuliani said. “We’ve been in New Hampshire more … we think this strategy fits our campaign.”

What do does he mean by fit? That Giuliani doesn't fit in Iowa?

“No, meaning what resources we had, what was available to us to accomplish how we thought the election would play out. This seems to be the strategy to fit this particular election,” Giuliani said.

That’s not how they see it in New Hampshire.

“I think Giuliani has basically written New Hampshire off,” said Giuliani supporter Marshall Cobleigh.

That from a Giuliani supporter, who is New Hampshire's former speaker of the House. He fears his man has lost momentum.

“I think he’s got a horrible national strategy,” Cobleigh said.

If not “horrible,” analysts call it “dangerous.”

“The Giuliani campaign is nervous and worried and they should be,” said political analyst Larry Sabato. “They realize that everything depends on Florida on Jan. 29. Either Giuliani wins Florida and catapults himself into the super-duper primaries on Feb. 5, or it’s over.”

That's not how Giuliani sees it.

Is Florida make or break for him?

“Florida is very important,” Giuliani said.

At this late date, he has no other choice. He'll either be the frontrunner or a footnote.

[aminor3x]

Well there''s one good reason for Iowa to come first: It will help keep out the trash, like Mr. Adultery and Abortion here.

[Con Mohrat]

According to Joe Biden, Rudy Giulani has three parts to every sentence: A Noun, A Verb, and "9/11".

[bdrlnt4rl]

Is Giuliani Abandoning Iowa And N.H?



Just ask his previous wives...


Posted by IOWEIGN at




hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[rowdytexan2]

Rudy''s scuzzy lifestyle and bouncing ball left to right politics is a dog that just isn''t going to hunt.

He needs to give up being president...he can make more money by continuing to play around with the mob.

[ioweign]

Is Giuliani Abandoning Iowa And N.H?



Just ask his previous wives...

[random_radar]

A liberal New Yorker is not going to appeal to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. That''s why the strategy is to go for the retired New Yorkers in Florida and hope for the best.

Unfortunately, there aren''t enough New Yorkers to win the nomination. Even if Florida can be won, it will be a one-hit wonder and a flash in the pan.

Should have been a Democrat.

[hwy71so]

Guiliani, Clinton, Edwards, and Obama are all of the SAME character. Can''t you people see that? I just don''t see how you could choose between one or the other. I''m glad neither of them are my choice.

If I were a Republican, I''d tell Guiliani to find another party. Like maybe the Democrats. If I were a Democrat, I''d invite him in.

No, I think the party that probably most reflects my beliefs would be the Whigs of days gone by. We need another Samuel Adams.

A sound family life
Faith in God
Devotion to the commonwealth
Selfless
An astute business man
Finally, he was willing to yield his life on behalf of his fellow countrymen.

I doubt either of these four are of that mindset.

[perception5]

Brand new poll from LaTimes out of New Hampshire has:

Mitt Romney surging to a 14% lead over Lone Ranger McCain 34% to 20%.

Lost Rudy comes in third at 17%.

Looks like the attempts by our corrupt liberal wolfpack press to "prop" up and promote Lone Ranger McCain isn''t working with the voters there in New Hampshire.

In Iowa Mitt Romney has pulled withing 2% of Slick Huck 29% ot 27%.

The GOP nomination is Mitt Romney''s to lose and our corrupt liberal wolfpack press is doing everything in their corrupt power to stop Mitt now. If they don''t they know he will be our 45th President of the USA.

GO MITT!

[b-easy63]

Yeah Rudy--BE a footnote and take your mistress with you. lmao

[b-easy63]

He''''s never run a national campaign before.

He knows the five boroughs of NYC, but to run nationally requires a skill set Rudy has never mastered.

He carries more baggage than the Samsonite Company, and as the fascination with "America''''s Mayor" gives way to increased scrutiny into his business and political affairs (not to mention his personal life), Rudy will wither and fade.

Posted by XmasJones at 08:37 PM : Dec 27, 2007


Candidates do NOT run campaigns--campaign mgrs and supporters do. If Rudy fails it will be for the things you state, but for also failing to choose a more savvy team who understood the stakes and the ramifications of lost momentum and disillusionment in Iowa or NH. Frankly to disregard the voting public in any state is to show the American people that they are only fodder to be exploited then discarded. The ramifications and perceptions of such disrespect extend far beyond Iowa and NH.