Fonzie is no dummy, but you are right that from time to time he doesn't have the best political instincts.
I think this commentary is about some residual heat between Fonzie and Rudy. As of now, it's at best a 3-horse race between McCain, Rudy, and Romney. Coco-puff conservatives can pull for their boy but it isn't going to happen - one of these three will be on top of the ticket.
Rudy beat Dave Dinkins in a very close race for mayor of nyc in 1993. If the Crown Heights riots hadn't happened - or been handled better - it would have been Mayor Dinkins again and Rudy would have probably gone into another line of work. A year later, Rudy backed Mario Cuomo in his race for a fourth term as NY Governor. At the time, a calculated move to gain favor in the heavily dem nyc and while most expected a close race for Albany, the smart money was on Cuomo.
Rudy punctuated his endorsement of Cuomo at an event where he stressed that Mario was 'his own man,' a clear and deliberate series of shots at Pataki and Fonzie, since dems liked to snicker that Pataki was Fonzie's hand picked boy and puppet. It wasn't true, but Rudy took the calculated shots, figuring Mario would win, Pataki would vanish, and he would get much needed brownie points with the terminally democrat nyc electorate.
It didn't work out that way. Pataki won and Rudy made a huge blunder that alienated himself from Albany. Fonzie never forgets - there is a longtime grudge over this whole sorry episode between Fonzie & Pataki on one end, and Rudy on the other.
I can't believe Al D still cares, but then again, he's a serious political junkie.
I predict a McCain/Brownback against a Gore/Clark ticket.