On Giuliani

Ah, yes. "America's Mayor". As Biden put it, "A noun, a verb, and 9/11". Rudy's using a unique strategy- don't sweat Iowa and New Hampshire, focus on the Super Tuesday states and get the delegates you need in one swoop. The problem is momentum. If people, especially primary voters, don't think you've got a chance at winning, they're not going to "throw away" their vote on you. People love a winner. Well, a winner and the Cubs.

But R.G.'s also the percieved front-runner. This could cause him more heartache than he wants. After all, if someone like Duncan Hunter was to get 5% in New Hampshire, the pundits would talk about the surprise factor. If Giuliani does the same, the spin becomes how he's struggling.

It's also an interesting study in personality. Iowa and New Hampshire are small states. A lot of the politics is face-to-face, sometimes literally in someone's living room. And Rudy's having none of that. Perhaps it's his NYC background, but it looks like Rudy's more comfortable using mass media to spread his "image" than he is pressing the flesh in intimate situations. On the one hand, it insures his message is
always on-topic. On the other hand, it keeps him from being asked tough questions. This could work for him, but I doubt it. The Democrats won't be as kind. Well, the nominee's campaign will. They'll keep it all above-board. That's what 529 groups are for- the dirty work. If only Nixon and Lee Atwater were still with us- then we'd see 529s used to their full potential.

C. SwiftBoaters are licking the blogochops. And Nixon's fingernails and hair are still growing in the grave. His skull may not be intact as Dr. Hunter S. is busy in Hell gnawing away. But if Tricky Dick does rise from the grave, I go-ran-tee he'd sit at the head of the table of a highly financed 'think tank' whose sole purpose would be to burn down Eye-talians, Mormons, Negroes and Wimmens trying to steal the Highest Orifice from upstanding citizens.

And Willard just took Wyoming, so who be a frontrunner?