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...RUDY GIULIANI, Republican presidential candidate and former mayor of New York City, during the second G.O.P. presidential debate, responding to a comment by Representative Ron Paul of Texas, who appeared to suggest that the U.S. invited the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by invading Iraq in the early...
...Advisers to Giuliani's leading opponents, John McCain and Mitt Romney, say the influence of the big states is overrated; that with so many candidates chasing votes in so many places, the influence of the first states will actually be magnified, not diminished. And they believe that the Republican party is, at its core, pro-life - no matter how many "big tent" speeches delegates have endured at recent G.O.P. conventions...
...true that Giuliani's strategists would have preferred to see the day of this gamble delayed. But Rudy's tongue-tied attempt to nuance his views in the first Republican candidates' debate last week brought the issue to a head. Giuliani is said to believe that his straight talk on a controversial issue will underline his reputation as a forthright leader. After all, the religious conservatives have never been comfortable with the thrice-married, gay-tolerant former mayor of New York City. In that respect, he is calculating he had a lot to gain from a display of backbone...
...Giuliani's strategic move is a textbook case of what economists and political scientists call "spatial positioning." It works like this: Picture a football stadium with a central entrance and grandstands stretching to the left and right. Two snack vendors set up shop next to each other at the entrance, where all the potential customers must pass. But suppose one of them moves to the right a little way to try to escape competition. The best strategy for the other vendor is to follow close behind, setting up just to the left of the first. That way, he gets some...
...Giuliani is trying to be that savvy second vendor - allowing his competitors to cluster on the right while he stakes out a position slightly closer to the middle. Thanks to the early primary schedule he is banking on, we'll know soon enough if the gamble pays...