[arrogantsob]

McCain won the nomination because he beat the other candidates. No one would listen when warned it would be him or Guiliani. They went on and trashed Rudi including the wholesale purge here of his supporters then flopped around bringing up absurd alternatives to McCain all of whom were roundly rejected by most Republicans. It was not the media which did all that.

[SoConPubbie]

McCain won the nomination because he beat the other candidates. No one would listen when warned it would be him or Guiliani. They went on and trashed Rudi including the wholesale purge here of his supporters then flopped around bringing up absurd alternatives to McCain all of whom were roundly rejected by most Republicans. It was not the media which did all that.

And you honestly believe Rudy would have fared better?

Do you honestly believe with all the liberal crap Rudy had been associated with he would have fared better with the base of the GOP, you know, the social conservatives?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Mayor Giuliani would’ve been even worse than Senator McCain, hard as that is to conceive of. When Senator Fred Thompson tanked, we were in a world of hurt.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I dont know what election you watched but the media and open primaries picked mcnutts.