In what has become clear to everyone following the race, Rudy Giuliani's camp today took time out to calm the peanut press gallery and reaffirm their committment to ignoring the Triumvirate states and concentrating on Feb. 5:
“We have a recognition that the early states are important," [Giuliani strategist Brent] Seaborn said. "But there’s no single point that’s close to February 5th with the total number of delegates. There’s no point in this campaign where you have essentially all the delegates you need to win on one single day. It’s hard to miss that that day’s gotta have a bull’s eye around it in terms of its importance.”
Putting all the chips on "Tsunami Tuesday" is indeed a gamble because there may be no media momentum left after the early states. It will most likely be sucked up by those who perform well in the Triumvirate states, especially Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson.
Mitt Romney's camp also took the opportunity to add another volley to the Rudy vs. Mitt saga:
“Mayor Giuliani’s “momentum-proof” national polling lead, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny all walk into a bar…,” Romney spokesman Kevin Madden begins in a statement in response. “You’re right. None of them exist.”
“Mayor Giuliani continues to hang his hat on national polls that show him garnering around 30 percent support,” Madden said, “yet fully 100 percent of the electorate knows who he is. That is a very big gulf to have between the number of voters that know him and the number that actually support him. …For Mayor Giuliani to have 100 percent of Iowa voters know who he is, yet only around 11 percent of those voters support him...that's a major problem for his candidacy.”
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