Rudy, We Hardly Knew Ye

Rudy Giuliani may end up running the campaign that never was. One of the stories out of New Hampshire that did not get much play in the press was the fact that Rudy spent over a million dollars in New Hampshire and was only second to Mitt Romney in the number of visits made during the campaign. Even though Rudy was polling in the twenties last November, he threw in the towel and gave up on New Hampshire.

Rudy was also ahead in Michigan in mid November but now he is packing up and leaving the state. I can understand not putting up a fight in Iowa, but as soon as the polls don’t go your way in a state you should not just give up and walk away. If you want the job of President, people expect you to fight. It also send a bad message to say I don’t care what people think in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, and South Carolina.

In a bid to remain relevant, Rudy has come out with a grand plan to cut capital gains taxes, eliminate the death tax and make Bush’s tax cuts permanent. Yawn. With the exception of the Fair Tax being pushed by Huckabee, Rudy’s plan sounds the same as every other republican tax plan. Rudy is now behind Huckabee and McCain in national polls and old, stale ideas are unlikely to change his slide.

Its bad form for a candidate for President to blow off half a dozen states because they are not big enough or as soon as polls start to go south. I do not have many good things to say about Hillary but at least she has put up a fight in every state. Some have said Rudy has a good strategy but I would take any of the three Republicans that have been fighting for every vote these past few weeks. I can respect a person that fights and loses, but not someone that will only fight if they think they can win.