January 30, 2008
Rudy's Exit ...
By NBC News' John Yang and NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger:
The end is rarely pretty.
The morning after was particularly chaotic for the Rudy Giuliani campaign. The traveling press corps was asked to be in the lobby at 7:30 a.m. to be bused to the airport and a 9 a.m. flight to Los Angeles, including a refueling stop in Texas.
But the only buses were for a meeting of Wendy's franchisees.
The mayor departed the hotel--in a pick-up truck.
Still no buses. And no campaign aides to tell us exactly where we were going and what we'd do when we got there.
Calls to officials revealed that more and more of them were heading home to New York instead of accompanying the mayor.
And still no buses.
A camapign aide said there was a problem and that we should get ourselves to the aiport.
A fleet of cabs took the assembled reporters to the plane in time to see campaign officials campaign manager Mike DuHaime, campaign advisor Tony Carbonetti, former deputy mayors Randy Mastro and Joe Lhota and the ubiquitous celebrity endorser Jon Voight board the plane. Giuliani boarded carrying his own suit bag. His wife, Judith, was not with him.
And on the tarmac: The buses that were to carry the press to the plane.
Posted at 09:57 AM
Comments
The Giuliani implosion has been the most satisfying spectacle of the campaign after Obama's wonderful speeches.
John | 01.30.08 01:13 PM
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