The Occasional Observer

Now Rudy's bound to be helped by the fact that 400,000 GOP absentee ballots have already been cast, so he could significantly outperform his current polling numbers, but let's just say that he doesn't. Let's say he finished around 10%, a couple of points ahead of Huck and 25 points behind the second place finisher (Mitt 39, McCain 35, Rudy 10, Huck 8, Paul 7). Is there any chance he drops out right then and there?

I mean, you'd think he'd want to at least give NY a shot, after having invested so much time, energy and money in this campaign. But could he really endure watching his homestate repudiate him? His ego (and reputation) might be better served by bowing out more quickly.