Destiny turns on a dime. Today's pivotal Florida primary might be the end of the road for Rudy "9/11" Giulianli's bid for the presidential nomination. Giuliani, who started at the top but ran an unfortunate scare-mongering campaign ("Nominate me or planes will start slamming into buildings again" -- in spite of his 0-for-2 record on just that), has been trailing badly in the primaries. He's almost certain to drop out of the race if he loses Florida, which by early results (CBC just reported he's in 3rd at 18%) it looks like he will:"Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts appear to be neck-and-neck in the Republican primary. If McCain wins in Florida, his status as the national front-runner will be cemented." [..] "But McCain and Romney aren't the only candidates with a lot on the line in Florida. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has lived in the state over the past month, bypassing the earlier contests to concentrate all his firepower there.It was a gamble for Giuliani to count on Florida, and he's now an underdog, said CNN political reporter Mary Snow. "Giuliani's been hitting two main themes, national security and his days as mayor of New York during 9/11 and economic security touting his plans for tax cuts," she added."
Unfortunately for Giuliani, delegates are no longer buying into the All-Fear-All-The-Time scam: they've had enough of pissing themselves silly in fear for no apparent reason other than to get someone elected. Apparently they've come back to caring about the things they can really do something about: it's the economy, stupid.
UPDATE: McCain won, Giuliani expected to quit and endorse McCain today.
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