Comments on: Huck rises, Rudy slides, Romney’s strategy breaks down

By: Romney’s early-state von Schlieffen plan stalls and sputters—what does this mean for Mayor Giuliani? « who is willard milton romney?

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:51:33 +0000

[...] December 5, 2007 in 2008, Evangelicals, GOP, Iowa, analysis, argument, campaign management, conservatism, election, election 2008, gaffs and pratfalls, incompetence, mitt romney, policy, polls, republicans, romney, strategy, stupidity, the dark soul of Mitt Romney, triumph of unreasonTags: alarming stupidity, charlie cook, dick morris, dickmorris.com, early state strategy, eyeon08.com, Iowa, mayor rudy giuliani, nationaljournal.com, New Hampshire, romney von schlieffen … “[Mayor Giuliani’s slide] would seem great for Mitt Romney, the Rudy Giuliani challenger,” writes the all-seeing eye in an eyeon08.com post titled Huck rises, Rudy slides, Romney’s strategy breaks down But not so much. I think that this dynamic of Rudy falling and Huckabee rising creates a very serious challenge for Romney. You see, his proposition has long been that conservatives should rally around him because he can defeat Rudy. But if Rudy is … falling … then that argument goes out the window … [...]

By: ee2793

ee2793 — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:05:56 +0000

Here’s a tip – why don’t you wait until IA, NH, SC, and MI before your declare a strategy is breaking down. Oh, I forgot – by then Romney will have won or placed 2nd in all of those contests.

By: eyeon08.com » Yepsen on the Iowa caucus

eyeon08.com » Yepsen on the Iowa caucus — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:20:23 +0000

[...] Another interesting line was that Rudy Giuliani’s campaign was based on the assumption of high national numbers. However, with the Shag Fund scandal, Yepsen said that "the air appears to be coming out of that balloon." I still believe that that fundamentally changes the rationale for all the other candidates in Iowa. [...]