[NittanyLion]

Al, you are jumping the gun, and dare I say the shark, Rudy! hasn't won the nomination yet.

The Rudyites recognize that it's critical they silence discussion before the public learns too much about their candidate. The more primary voters learn about Giuliani, the less likely they are to vote for him. Hence the attempts to claim the primary is over and we need to rally behind Rudy.

[stockpirate]

I think that is why he uses RR's qoute about not saying anything bad about other Repubs.