Kyle Bell

Throughout 2007, Rudy Giuliani was the Republican “front-runner”, crowned by none other than the same media that proclaimed Hillary Clinton the Democratic nominee. When voting started he fell faster than a rock – or a Howard Dean scream. Yet where has the media been in covering the meteoric decline of Rudy Giuliani? Virtually none of the networks made much of a deal of either Rudy’s or Hillary’s losses in Iowa. New York bias, anyone?

Iowa – 6th place, 3%

Michigan – 6th place, 3%

New Hampshire – 4th place, 9%

Nevada – 6th place, 4%

South Carolina – 6th place, 2%

Wyoming – Last place, 0%

As you can see, his highest showing was a 4th place finish in New Hampshire, the same region as New York. He has yet to break into double digits in any state. Ron Paul has finished ahead of him in 4 states, a full 7% ahead of Rudy in Iowa and 10% in Nevada. The former New York mayor is all but finished long before he even gets a chance for redemption in his home state. Polls in New York even show him trailing there to John McCain. Even if he somehow manages to win Florida (a state with a considerable New York transplant population) and New York, where does he go from there? One home state and one “snow bird state” does not make a nominee.