In SC McCain only got 30 percent of the Republican vote so he gets a small hop going into FL; Romney’s win in NV doesn’t much matter in FL; and Huckabee could be the spoiler this time, making inroads in McCain’s Hispanic support, as these voters see both candidates as simpático on immigration issues. And this time, McCain cannot make up the shortfall with votes from independents as FL is a closed primary.
If Rudy doesn’t win or come in second, he’s done and his campaign will have fallen victim to the same tactical error that crippled Thompson – becoming irrelevant by waiting too long to get into the fray. Rudy’s only hope now is to take a page from Romney’s book and focus exclusively on the economy since that is topmost in voters’ minds at the moment. But instead of aping Romney’s pandering and violating core Republican principles, Rudy should remind voters how he turned around the failing economy of NYC, promote his tax cut proposals and keep waving that one-page Fair And Simple Tax form in their faces.
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