Rudy Giuliani’s dismal third place finish in Florida appears to have ended the former NYC Mayor’s campaign tonight. Time Magazine is reporting that McCain’s campaign manager Rick Davis has essentially struck a deal with people in the Giuliani camp to secure an endorsement in the next couple of days.
Giuliani has long stated that he would be voting for McCain if he hadn’t been running himself. It’s also thought that Giuliani doesn’t want to roll the dice and continue on to Super Tuesday as it would likely mean an ego-crushing defeat in his home state of New York.
By defeating Mitt Romney and eliminating Rudy Giuliani, John McCain has all but captured the Republican Presidential nomination here tonight.
Also, look for an endorsement from Fred Thompson in the next week or so as McCain consolidates his support among conservatives.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:34 am
McCain — Nope. Not going to vote for him for prez at this point. He has a lot, I mean a lot of butt kissin’ to do to curry favor with the party.
Hillary vs McCain = 51% to 47%
Obama vs McCain = 53% to 45%
5-8% of the conservative base doesn’t vote for president in the general
January 30th, 2008 at 5:55 am
We should know by now that the Republican Party is hardly anything to look at for guidance when it comes to conservative ideals. McCain not having favor with the GOP is totally irrelevant.