I see this as a win-win no matter what :D if Rudy wins, the base gets demoralized and doesn't help out [unless they really really think the Dem is Satan]. If the wingnuts drive Rudy away, the party shifts FURTHER to the right in a country shifting to the Left.
This is going to be so much fun.
Yep. I'm quite happy Rudy has done the honorable thing here, and honored his past. And BTW, Rudy was endorsed by the Liberal Party here in NYC in 1993.
The Liberal Party's endorsement had more to do with the close relationship between Giuliani and the party's leader, Raymond Harding, than any sort of liberal ideology on Giuliani's part.
Raymond Harding's son, Russell Harding, was one of the most corrupt members of the entire Giuliani Administration. Bernie Kerik couldn't hold a candle to that guy, frankly. The fact that Raymond Harding gave Giuliani an endorsement in exchange for letting Harding's son rip off the city is an interesting piece of NYC history, but let's not try to draw any electoral implications from it.
