Rudy, in Iowa, tap-dances around his strategy to win in larger states such as Florida and California

[Amerigo Vespucci]

In his final campaign swing through Iowa, a state where he's barely competing, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Iowans should not be offended by his lack of attention to the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

"What I say to the people of Iowa is that we're running a campaign in 20 states or 29 states, or however many there are between the 3rd (of January) and the 5th (of February)," Giuliani said after speaking to his supporters in his small campaign headquarters west of Des Moines. "If you look at my schedule, I think I've probably campaigned as much or more than anyone but I've done it proportionately throughout the country. I probably have the most appearances in California and the most appearances in Florida."

But Iowans, it was pointed out, like to have disproportionate attention. "That is all well and good when you have one primary then a large amount time to the next primary and it all goes out over a three- or four-month period," Giuliani said. "But when you're looking at a one-month period with 29 primaries, nobody is going to win all of them, so the question is who can win the most of them?"

Giuliani's strategy has long been to focus on winning larger states such as Florida, which holds its contest at the end of January, and the Super Duper Tuesday states like New York, Illinois, and California, which hold primaries on Feb. 5.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4065416&page=1

[Eurobabe]

1. Pretty soon Rudy will be CALLING 911

to revive his Code Blue campaign.

[rasputin1952]

2. Oh brother...his "campaign" is on life support now...

what he just did was essentially call Iowans inconsequential, which will make others look at his and wonder where "they" fit into the picture, (they don't, this is all about "Rudy").

"The Giulaiani Campaign, A Lesson in Disaster", collecting dust on bookshelves...somewhere...