Good. Let him fall, and may he land with a resounding splat.
Then it's Romney's turn, or maybe Huckabee's (hell, let's make it a twofer).
Gail Collins put it nicely the other day. While the other Repubs focus on Iowa and NH where they can campaign face-to-face, Rudy figures he'll do best in big states like Florida where most people will never actually meet him.
Wouldn't Steve be pleased right about now? When do we start shaking the Jiffy Pop across the burner (can't do it with microwave - gotta be the stuff that blows up), when he's so low it's common knowledge, or do we have to wait until he officially drops out? I've been watching my carbs really closely, preparatory to the celebration...
Nice to see the Groovy Ghoulie crashing and burning. I hope the rotten fucker is utterly humiliated by the time this whole sorry campaign is finished.
None of them seem to be doing particuarly well, though, do they? Old Fred Fraudstone seems to have sunk without a trace. Of course, St. McCain was fortunate enough to receive Rape Gurney Joe Lieberman's blessing...Lucky him, eh?
“While the other Repubs focus on Iowa and NH where they can campaign face-to-face, Rudy figures he'll do best in big states like Florida where most people will never actually meet him.”
Bingo.
Rudy's what I like to call a “Jack Henry Abbott” Candidate. “Belly Of The Beast” was the Norman Mailer book about jail life, inspired by his pen-pal friendship with hardcore convict Abbott—an erudite, semi-charming sharpie bent on getting out whatever way he could. He used his literary friendship with Mailer to get him to spearhead work on his parole.
And six weeks after getting out of the joint, Abbott knifed a guy to death on a Manhattan street.
Rudy's the kind of guy who's effective and perhaps interesting from a distance, but like Abbott, when you get up close and personal with him...in the real fucking world?—he's just a creepy, anti-social thug.
His campaign may not last much longer, but were I the father of a baby he kisses at one of his few person-to-person campaign stops, I'd check the infant for bite marks. Word. 
Yeah, Rudy doesn't wear well (see NYC), and the longer he's under the Kleig lights, the more he crumples.
I think his "Meet the Press" moments of endless giggling helped to pull the plug on his campaign. That interview made Romney look authentic, and Rudy, like a giggling sadist.
NOBODY wants another Mr. Creepy as president....(Cheney is the first).
Given the long history of electing mayors directly to the Presidency...the man is totally delusional.
Steve would have crushed the bastard. LM, I think you might be too nice.
*Sigh.*
'Tis well that it were done, and done quickly.
But the moment's over. There's Grinnin' Mike Huckabee, wishing us all a Merry Christmas in the shadow of the cross.
Now we gotta go out and take him down, too. It's like fucking whack-a-mole.
Huckabee will take persistence. He'll try to describe it as attacks against his faith. It's not your faith we question, Governor, it's your appallingly poor judgment.
Rudy's backers seem to have been perceptibly shifting over to Romney as the big clash between the corporate establishment Republicans and the Religious Right begins. It will get very very ugly and though I think Huck will come out on top he will probably be starved of money without the chance of getting more(unless Edwards is the Democratic nominee) as the corporate donations will stream into the Democratic campaign(creating a new problem of course).
And I have to point out that Steve did predict this fight a long time ago.
Why do any of you seriously believe that Rudy's campaign is over? It may be doomed, that's a given. But big money wants a non-Huckabee, non-Romney choice. Preferably one that lets them run the 9/11 outtakes on endless loop, the better to scare the rubes.
Giuliani still offers that. He's scary as hell, he's GOT to be doomed, but big money nutballs have made some stupid choices in the past, and I wouldn't put it past them to keep Rudy on life support at least through April.
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