And Rudy, unlike Hunter and a few others, didn't even have teams on the ground there, working for him. This IS a very good sign and one which belies all of the crazy posts that claim that NOBODY in the South will ever vote for Rudy.
It's not, far from it, what is important to me above all others is winning.
Patton Movie 1970
Patton: Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight - wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, big league ball players, the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and never will lose a war, because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.