GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards on the democratic side decided to end their campaign for the White House yesterday. Three months ago, both of these candidates had high hopes of being the next President of the United States – but that dream will not be realized in 2008. The riches to rags story of the Rudy Giuliani campaign should be written down on paper so future presidential candidates do not make the same mistake that Giuliani made in his 2008 bid for the White House. Rudy Giuliani's main strategy from day one was to ignore early states like Iowa and New Hampshire and focus all of his attention on larger states beginning with Florida. The sad fact is that once the GOP primaries got to Florida, Rudy Giuliani came in third in a state he campaigned in for months before that state voted. Giuliani now understands that if a presidential candidate ignores Iowa and New Hampshire, that candidate will lose momentum that often times cannot be earned back up.
On the Democrat side, John Edwards also quit the 2008 race for the White House yesterday after campaigning in every state primary, but not winning a single contest. John Edwards' sounds like Bobby Kennedy with a southern accent to me as he ran his campaign for President focusing on giving a voice to the poorest of Americans. Unfortunately for John Edwards, the liberal slogans of the 1960's that Bobby Kennedy successfully used in his campaign, before his assassination, are not supported by most Americans in 2008. While I disagree with most of the political positions that John Edwards took during his 2008 campaign, I do admire him for sticking to what he believes in even when most Americans do not think or believe the same way he does anymore. Unlike the 1960's, most Americans now believe that poor people have a responsibility to pull themselves out of poverty instead of receiving a government check for life. Most Americans believe in helping a fellow citizen out when they fall on hard times, but that help should not last a lifetime, either.
With Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards out of the 2008 campaign for President, the next question is which candidate will be next to quit the race? I think it might be awhile before another high profile candidate quits the 2008 presidential race on either side of the contest. Coming out of Super Tuesday, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton most certainly will each win some states and on the GOP side even with John McCain now firmly in the lead – Mitt Romney can afford to continue on because of his own personal wealth. The 2008 campaign for President is turning into a real race to the finish which was not predicted early on by most political pundits.
Read more about Rudy Giuliani:
Rudy Giuliani Bets All On State Of Florida
Rudy Giuliani's Campaign Facing Money Problems
Rudy Giuliani Goes Door To Door In New Hampshire
Rudy Giuliani Campaign Losing Momentum Before Iowa
Flu Symptoms Cause Rudy Giuliani To Be Hospitalized
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Fight For Delegates, Democrats/GOP Wide Open Race
Ron Paul Is Authentic In Field Of Pretenders
Clinton/Obama Face Off Saturday In Nevada
GOP Facing 2008 Brokered Party Convention
Election 2008 Making Pollsters Look Foolish
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Giuliani/Edwards Quit, Who Will Be Next?
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