Rudy backs McCain: What does it mean?

The hours before tonight’s Republican debate at the Reagan Library in California brought the wholly expected announcement from Rudy Giuliani that he was immediately dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing good friend John McCain. The feeling of resignation regarding his status in the race and the kind words for McCain flowed freely from […]

Florida: The day…

It’s primary day in Florida and the GOP race that could be decided here has a lot of questions attached to it. For starters, how far will Rudy fall? Besides that, though, attention turns to frontrunners McCain and Romney. Their fierce battle filled with vitriol and potentially damaging accusations is down to the wire and […]

Florida: Final polls

Two of the last polls in the tight Florida Republican race have McCain and Romney in a dead heat while Giuliani and Huckabee battle over a distant third. It’s been the story of Florida for the past week, and it looks like no answers will be at hand until the polls close tomorrow at 7.
The latest […]

Florida: McCain and Romney still tied

This morning’s Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby tracking poll for the Florida GOP race puts McCain and Romney in a virtual dead heat with the primary only two days away. Both candidates are tied at 30%, with the rest of the field way back in the pack. That includes an increasingly irrelevant Rudy Giuliani. Is it the end of […]

Florida: The Crist endorsement

The major news that got overshadowed in the wake of Obama’s South Carlina landslide last night was the decision by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to endorse in the Republican primary, and to endorse John McCain.
“We have a lot of great people running for president this year. They would all do well. But we have […]

GOP Florida Debate: Candidate Rundown

WINNER - MITT ROMNEY : He was in his prime element as the focus shifted seamlessly to the economy and away from his flip-flops and lack of foreign policy experience. In a bland debate where nothing stood out, his polished economic recitations were golden.
LOSER - RUDY GIULIANI: We saw - again - just why […]

Florida Republican Debate: Instant Analysis

What a decidedly boring and blatantly mishandled debate we had tonight, courtesy of MSNBC and the usually top-notch team of Brian Williams and Tim Russert. Not to say that the candidates would have been in the mood to roughhouse even if some prickly Q’s had been asked, but it wouldn’t have hurt to try a […]

Florida Republican Debate: Preview

It’s the final debate before what is arguably the make/break point in the Republican race: Florida. Wasn’t expected to be this way, but the wacky month of January has splintered all of our safe and solid pick for where and how the contest would be decided. Iowa and New Hampshire are worthless memories, Giuliani is […]

The Buzz

The battle for South Carolina and beyond has become a veritable smear-fest between Obama and Hillary. Dueling radio ads in the Palmetto State pit the two against each other in a very nasty way, with the Hillary campaign slamming Obama for ostensibly supporting Republican ideology (more fallout from the Reagan comment) and Obama’s ad coming […]

Is It Giuliani Time?

With the Republican presidential race turning to winner-take-all Florida and its fifty-seven delegates, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s controversial strategy of ignoring the early primary and caucus states gets put to the test.  When last the Republican field heard from Giuliani, he was the leader in the national polls and favored in futures markets […]