Right on the mark:
Giuliani’s decision to run an elitist candidacy where he rarely campaigns for votes among anyone other than donating millionaires still continues to baffle….For some reason the Mayor elected not to engage seriously in any of the early contests, not recognizing that that process would produce a front runner with a head of steam. The Mayor could have been competitive in New Hampshire as I wrote on these very pages. His decision not to compete can only be ascribed to an aversion to the kind of retail campaigning that a candidate has to do in these states.
The idea that Rudy would hold his commanding poll numbers in Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other February 5th states was never viable. Giuliani is melting everywhere like a snowball on Miami Beach.
8:35 am on January 19, 2008
