Rush has said he (like Hannity) has a challenge on some issues with Rudy. He has said that he will not be engaged in the conversation this early.
Rush has a long time personal relationship with Rudy ... that may not carry to an endorsement. He also understands that Rudy has the best chance by far to defeat Hillary by enough of a margin that Congress comes back in play.
The most important polls today are:
1. favorable / unfavorable - negatives here are hard to overcome and it costs a lot of bucks to get out of the “don’t know” category e.g. Hillary - big negatives. Rudy and McCain - big positives.
Thompson (less so) and all the others have to get out of the “don’t know”
2. fund raising - RG is raising very large amounts of bucks and does not have to spend for name ID e.g. Romney can raise the bucks but has to pour into ID.
The article this morning about Thompson wanting to use the Internet to offset his late start in bucks is pure fantasy -with less than 8 months till the first primary and no organization in place
The article this morning about Thompson wanting to use the Internet to offset his late start in bucks is pure fantasy -with less than 8 months till the first primary and no organization in place
I understand your cynicism- and normally might agree with you. Call me naive- but I have a sense that Fred is going to run things a little differently than we’re accustomed to.
You know the old adage about nothing being so compelling as an idea whose time has come...
It is quite obvious that you have no idea what you are talking about. A candidate needs to declare to raise money. He will have no problem raising all of the money he needs when he gets in. You might remember four years ago that John sKerry was mortgaging houses and so forth to fund his campaign, as soon as he beat Howard Dean in Iowa, the money followed.
Another fact you are overlooking, Romney is incredibly wealthy and it is his money, so there are no finance laws in place. He could easily fund his campaign if he decided to.
What's the point of beating Hillary if conservatives have to elect a liberal to do it? Here's a clue -- conservatism is not advanced with the election of liberals to office.
And, you're lying about Limbaugh. He has consistently stated Ghouliani isn't a conservative and expressed reservations about his candidacy. Not once has he stated Ghouliani is the best candidate to beat Hillary because he isn't stupid.
Ghouliani is the least likely candidate to beat Hillary as he would alienate rather than unify the Republican base. Any significant conservative third-party candidate would take a 10-20% of the vote minimum.