His traction will last until Fred officially gets in the race. At that point, there will be a long slow slide into oblivian.
We'll see, I borrowed my crystal ball out last week, so I don't know if your right or wrong, but I do think that the story's of Rudy's demise have been greatly overstated. Maybe not on this board, but in big old world of politics.
Rudy may falter, but he may also gallop of to the finish line, only time will tell.