Republican primary so far

[Padfoot]

Giuliani's support was always soft.  His major selling point was his electability and his major issue is the war on terror.  Well his electability eventually went to crap as people found out more about him and the economy has been slowing creeping up as the biggest issue on people's minds.

Also, people in the early voting states began finding out more about his messy personal life and liberal social record.  That didn't fly well in places like Iowa and South Carolina so he abandoned them.  He abandoned NH because McCain was so strong there and he abandoned MI and NV because Romney was favored to win.  Basically he has fled from every challenge.  What kind of message does that send?  Why should the GOP nominate someone who is going to abandon any race in which he has to fight an uphill battle to win.  The GE is going to be one of the biggest uphill battles the GOP has faced in a while and Giuliani is flinching at the slightest challenge from his opponents. 

His strategy of holding out for Florida may have worked if he had actually made an effort in some of the earlier states.  By leaving the early states he basically let Ron Paul make a fool of him.  The media ignored him because he was no where to be found.  Maybe if he had stuck around and hung on with some 10-15% of the vote in the early states people would still be talking about him.  Instead he didn't make it out of the single digits and he was pushed onto the background by the media because the other candidates made for a better story.

Basically, Giuliani's support was weak to begin with and then when it started to slip he didn't fight for it.  He just let it keep slipping and eventually that spilled over into the Super Tuesday states.  Maybe if he had actually stayed on the campaign trail instead of holing up in his Florida bunker that wouldn't have happened.