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Ahhh … the moment I’ve been waiting for. My favorite Republican whipping boy, Rudy Giuliani, is going to drop out of the race “cut and run” and reportedly will be endorsing McCain (”Sources: Giuliani will endorse McCain“).

I’m kind of disappointed that he’s not going to “stay the course.” After all, none of the others are really worth making fun of, with the possible exception of Romney (because of his hair).

In all seriousness, I think his showing in Florida was pretty impressive given how he did in other states. I honestly expected him to do better overall than he’s done, though I never thought he would have had a chance of carrying the South if he had managed to get the nod. His crash-and-burn in the last few months really took me by surprise.

If our nation ever gets to the point where I’d like for it to be, with some smaller parties breaking the hegemony of the Republicans and Democrats such that we ended up with maybe 4-6 smaller major parties and a few minor parties, I would fully expect to see a party form around people like Rudy Giuliani, and I think it could play an important part in the political process. Giuliani’s perspectives and unique position in the Republican Party were valuable to the debates and the race thus far.

But Rudy … why didn’t you endorse Ron Paul? Didn’t finish his reading assignment for you? I guess you’ve got some time to get started on that now …