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"As expected, Rudy Giuliani lost the Florida primary last night. In a fatal move, Rudy had focused all of his campaign&amp;#x27;s energy on Florida, insisting it mattered more than, say, New Hampshire or Iowa. As it turns out, blowing off early contests (or trying to pretend you blew them off after losing them) is actually not a good campaign strategy. Instead of a victory lap, today Rudy is expected to withdraw officially and endorse the 2008 Comeback Kid, Senior Edition: John McCain. I am certainly no Rudy fan and not sorry to see him go. As I wrote in an earlier blog, I think he is an Islamophobe and anti-Muslim. One of the few things I liked about Rudy was his pro-choice stance&amp;amp;#8212;he is the only pro-choice Republican candidate&amp;amp;#8212;but that did not help him in Florida. Florida is a strongly anti-choice state. Rudy did not do noticeably better with women than any other Republican. Although Rudy didn&amp;#x27;t really court this vote, I would have expected to see some statistical reflection of his pro-choice stance. Although McCain ostensibly won the Florida primary, I think Giuliani&amp;#x27;s exit benefits Romney more. Rudy&amp;#x27;s loss will bring many hardcore conservatives his way. Right-wing talk show hosts, previously the unique province of Rudy, have already started heralding Mitt as a great economic reformer and the only true conservative candidate. Certainly those right-wingers will cringe to see their once-coronated Rudy throw his support to the allegedly liberty-hating, &amp;quot;liberal&amp;quot; McCain later today. I, along with many in the country who stared in disbelief at the conservative groundswell for Rudy, will have a giggle over these conservative best-laid plans gone awry. What do you think? Are you, like me, relieved to see Rudy go? How do you think Rudy&amp;#x27;s dropping out affects the race? &amp;amp;#8212;Asma"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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