Jeff Smith: On Rudy Guiliani's Chances in 2012

As Joe Biden famously said during the 2008 primaries, each sentence in Rudy's stump speech consisted of a noun, a verb, and 9/11.

So if Republicans want to spend next fall talking about the shining moment of the Obama presidency (the successful Seal raid), Rudy would be the perfect nominee.

No, I don't think he could win New Hampshire. But even if he did, remember that New Hampshire – won by Buchanan in '96 and McCain in '00 – has been far from dispositive. South Carolina has been the key to...