“was one big Giuliani Gambit”
Sorry. The only one backing Giuliani was Guiliani. He couldn’t even stay alive in the only state he invested in, Florida. You refer to the most miniscule GOP primary any GOP candidate ever mounted as “one big gambit”, and give it a national command it never had? Dream on.
Sorry. The only one backing Giuliani was Guiliani. He couldn’t even stay alive in the only state he invested in, Florida. You refer to the most miniscule GOP primary any GOP candidate ever mounted as “one big gambit”, and give it a national command it never had? Dream on.
I refer to the "Giuliani Gambit" because what McCain't tried to do was essentially the same thing- Play up the middle, and act like the base doesn't matter. The base was not taken for granted mind you- it was deemed unnecessary, even as Giuliani supposed.
We were told as much from the very start, and every action of McCain't confirmed (confirms)it as true up until Saddleback, where the campaign took a sudden 180 to try to gain the Christians, and then came Palin as an unconditional capitulation to Conservatives- They knew by then that their mushy middle didn't have the votes or the money they supposed they did.
Even so, the VP pick has never been enough to make the deal- just to sweeten it... Considering the outright rejection of McCain't and his policies by the base, I doubt that Palin will be "sweet" enough to do the deal.