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Jim Greer, handpicked Florida state party chairman, started actively exploring what the governor could receive in return for an endorsement, suggesting to Giuliani direct that "a right of first refusal on the VP slot might do the trick. From Halperin's own gleeful take on the 2008 race, " Game Change": Why the hubbub? Back in 2007, America's mayor banked on Florida to save his faltering presidential campaign, and he asked for Crist's endorsement.
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Politico gushed with a "Payback" headline, and Time's Mark Halperin went with "Payback Is Swell." CNN was more dubious: "Giuliani's Payback?" We didn't check with Drudge Report, but one suspects there was a GIF fire alarm next to Rubio's avatar.
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With the Giuliani endorsement, America's punditry rushed to its ratty VHS copies of Mean Girls. Instead, the governor is stuck with Bud Day, the ornery Swift Boater who endorsed him last week and was revealed to be an ornery bigot. He burnishes Rubio's tough-guy credentials andĬould have revived Crist's flatlining campaign. Giuliani was an important get because he's one of the remaining He hates Crist so much he's taking time out from his lucrative motivational speaking tour for just one campaign stop with Rubio. Not one, not two, but a million pundits went for the Rudy-is-a-catty-bitch angle, making him the Gretchenīut the former NYC mayor is actually that much of a boob. The two will campaign today in Coral Gables.The political press has interpreted this as a snub of the governor, because Charlie Crist endorsed John McCain for president in 2008. Marco Rubio announced Friday that Rudy Giuliani endorsed his campaign for Senate.