Comments on Martin Andrade Blogs Here No More: The Giuliani Mistake Rudy Giuliani was the presid...

Giuliani's miscalculation will no doubt propel man...

2008-02-01T01:45:00.000Z

Giuliani's miscalculation will no doubt propel many more states to move up their primaries in 2012. The parties have that long to fix this, with a national primary or something else to stop this nonsense.

JST: Funny, I would point out that McCain ran the ...

2008-01-31T22:26:00.000Z

JST: Funny, I would point out that McCain ran the sort of campaign (low on funds, basic grassroots stuff) Giuliani should have. Underestimating your opponents is another mistake you can throw onto the Giuliani tab.

Andy-

I agree, I would not have caucused for Giuliani and I might not have even voted for him (I'm still on the fence about that, even with Giuliani gone). But Giuliani was a good Republican. If the GOP ever wants to win in New England we need to tolerate men like Giuliani.

This gamble might have paid off if things played o...

2008-01-31T21:01:00.000Z

This gamble might have paid off if things played out as Giuliani expected. From a few things I've read recently, it sounds as if Rudy thought that McCain would be out by the time Florida rolled around. If that had happened, Giuliani probably would have picked up a lot of those voters. I don't know if would have helped him win, but the strategy would perhaps have been more viable if he was right about McCain.

I think the bigger miscalculation was believing he...

2008-01-31T14:24:00.000Z

I think the bigger miscalculation was believing he could be a viable national GOP candidate for office.

I'm not sad to see him go. He's pro-choice, anti-traditional marriage, and just didn't fit in with the base of the party.

There's a certain affection a lot of people have for Rudy because of his leadership after 9/11, but other than that what's the guy got?