As was widely anticipated, Rudy Giuliani ended his campaign for GOP presidential nomination on Wednesday 30 January and gave his support and endorsement to frontrunner John McCain.The Giuliani endorsement does no favors for Willard Romney, as the former Massachusetts governor already faces a huge uphill battle to overtake McCain with the 19 state Super Tuesday primaries looming in six days with a sizeable number of delegates at stake.
The swift and sudden demise of the Giuliani candidacy for the presidency was largely due to about three reasons: whispers over inproprieties and scandals while he was mayor of New York City, a lack of national and foriegn policy experience, and a seeming distrust and lack of confidence on what kind of a man he really is. Add all that to a foolish campaign strategy to place all his cards on Florida and what resulted is not too big a shocker in hindsight.
McCain is now likely to sweep to big wins in most of the larger primary states next week, and his efforts in California are likely to reinforced with a forthcoming endorsement on Thursday from California Republican Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/us/politics/30cnd-campaign.html?hp
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