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Florida’s governor is now dining on a dish that is proverbially best served cold:
On a conference call today with bloggers, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani discussed his endorsement of Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate, saying his endorsement goes beyond “whether Charlie Crist broke his word with me on several occasions - he did - that’s the reality, that’s the truth, he did break his word.”
In case you’ve forgotten, Giuliani staked his 2008 presidential bid on the hope of winning the Florida primary, believing he could count on Crist’s endorsement:
Crist instead lent his last-minute support to Arizona Republican John McCain, who ultimately won that state’s pivotal presidential primary and effectively ended Giuliani’s hopes of becoming the GOP’s presidential nominee.
Tim Mak of Frum Forum explains just what a devastating payback this is:
Rudy’s endorsement is powerful because it strikes to the core of Crist’s already-dwindling support. It tells moderate Republicans that they should give Marco Rubio a second look. This endorsement could be the point in this campaign where Rubio’s ascendancy to the Republican nomination becomes inevitable.
According to Stu Rothenberg, Crist still doesn’t understand that he’s through. I’m sure the Spectator’s man in Florida, Larry Thornberry, will soon have much more to say about this latest disaster for Charlie Crist.
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Good for Rudy. His endorsement was timed so that it would do the most damage to the campaign of the nasty, insufferable, pseudo-conservative backstabber. Time to move on Charlie. Maybe you can get a job promoting Panama Jack's tanning products.
Dan| 4.6.10 @ 11:53AM
How is that our party rejected a guy like Giuliani, with all that he had done, wiht all that he had accomplished, for a guy like McCain, who clearly went out of his way to spit at the base of the GOP?
What insanity prevailed that some flirted with Huckabee, or the Mormon, ------------ and ended up supporting a guy who tried to ram amnesty down the throat of the party?
Future generations aren't going to understand how we rejected Giuliani? For what?
What?
That guy had more going for him than any candidate since Reagan, ------------ and he had accomplished MORE than Reagan when Reagan actually secured the GOP nomination.
More as a US Attorney.
More while he worked at Justice.
More advancing a Conservative agenda as Mayor.
More when he had Arafat thrown out of a UN gala.
And is our party going to now compound idiocy by tendering the nomination to the Mormon, ------------------ a guy who screwed up Mass's health care, a guy without any core conviction other than his certainty that he would make a good President.
Julie| 4.6.10 @ 2:26PM
Giuliani is a big pro-abort guy--he'll never be our nominee.
Sorry.
Oldefarte| 4.6.10 @ 12:00PM
I think Giuliani sees in Rubio a true leader and a change in DC agent. Crist is toast [his famous picture of hugging THE CHOSEN ONE is his Waterloo]!!!!!!!!!!!