Friday, January 11, 2008

Crazy like a Rudy

For months now, the Rudy Giuliani primary strategy of ignoring the early states of Iowa, NH, Michigan, & South Carolina to concentrate on Florida & the Super Tuesday states has been described as both "risky" & "crazy."

But what no one seems to have mentioned is that, at least to me, is that this high risk/high reward strategy is a direct window onto his judgement. And to me this does not paint a flattering portrait of a possible Rudy presidency. Would he continue to govern as he ran as a candidate, pursuing risky policies? Current observation would tend to say yes.

It is not just Bernie Kerik who is a judgement problem for Rudy. His whole election strategy is one giant hand of blackjack and to me that is extremely frightening. We are getting an idea of how these candidates would govern and Rudy is no exception.

Here's a link to TPM and their discussion of Rudy. My thoughts were graciously added to the discussion by Mr. Marshall.

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