It’s bad enough that Rudy’s had to ask his top staff to go without pay so that his campaign can conserve money for the do-or-die (for Rudy) Florida primary on January 29th. Now comes word that Rudy has fallen into a tie with John McCain in New York.
The most recent poll of his do-or-die state of Florida has him running third, six points behind Huckabee and two behind Romney. Seventeen polls have been taken in Florida since September 12th. And before the most recent one, only one of those did not have Rudy in the lead.
Late Update: I’d never thought of this from this angle. But TPM Reader CS makes a good point …
The conventional wisdom on Rudy’s Super Tuesday “strategy” has been universally described as “risky” and occasionally “crazy.”
To me this provides a direct window into his judgement and how he would govern as President and it’s not a flattering picture. Is he the kind of president who would
go with a high risk, high reward strategy all the time? It sure gives me pause.I’m surprised the other candidates have not used this as a way to paint Rudy as a risky or crazy choice for President. It could dovetail
with some of his other judgement problems like Bernie Kerik & dealing with his ex-wives & children.Poor judgement is not just limited to Bernie Kerik. His whole election strategy suffers from poor judgement as well.
As I implied above, I think we’re past the point where anyone really needs to use this against Rudy. But it’s a really good point. This is out there as a really good example of the guy’s judgment. Who sold him on this idea?
