Dick, I Mean, Rick Perry Endorses Rudy

governor rick perry, number one asshole from the lone star state, today endorsed rudy "i spent more time at ground zero" giuliani in his bid for potus.

perry's endorsement is rudy' first from a sitting governor.

first read reports:

Perry cited the former mayor’s success in reducing crime and cutting spending during his tenure, in addition to his preparedness in dealing with terrorism, as reasons for supporting him.

i find it interesting that all these conservatives are jumping on the rudy bandwagon..... perhaps i overestimated how much rudy's social views would effect republican voters.

i truly think they find rudy in the best position to stop hillary in the general election.

what's most interesting is how much rudy is trying to paint himself as a true "red" republican during this primary season when all indicators point to his image as a "non-republican" that helps him in the general election with moderates and independents.

will his positioning hurt him if he makes it to the general election? hill seems to be roping in a lot of moderates and independents herself.

new cnn/opinion research poll
since this conversation has turned into a rudy/hill discussion, why not discuss some new poll numbers that came out yesterday?

rudy has increased his lead over second place fred thompson in the most recent numbers. but not because he's going up in the polls, but because the pick-up truck knight is sliding in the polls.

september numbers saw rudy leading at 28% with fred at his heels with 27%. mccain and mitt finished out the poll at 15% and 11%, respectively.

the october poll numbers show rudy down a point at 27% but fred tanking, now with only 19% of the vote (mccain 17% and romney 13%). perhaps fred is rethinking his lackadaisical approach to campaigning....?

meanwhile...in the blue corner:

hillary lead obama 46% to 23% in september. edwards was bringing up the rear with 16% of the vote. the october numbers show hillary continuing her ascent.

in yet another poll...hillary is higher than 50% with 51% of the vote. barack dropped slightly to 21% and edwards still can't get his engine started at 15%.

i believe there are now three polls where hillary has garnered greater than 50% of the vote... with eight candidates in the race.... that's an amazing number.

quickly: 64% of poll respondents think hillary will get the democratic nomination (obama 16%, edwards 5%) and giuliani will get the republican nod (rudy 50%, mccain 13%, thompson 11%, romney 9%).

when asked who will win the presidency? hillary scores 45% of the vote with only 16% of the vote thinking rudy will triumph.

this is a good primary season.

e.