Whoops

The media narrative throughout primary season has been that Giuliani skipped the early states to focus on the later, delegate-rich states like Florida.

Only, um, it turns out he didn't:

But Giuliani's effort here has been Herculean. Romney held 176 events in New Hampshire through Tuesday, primary day, while Giuliani held 126. That's considerably more than McCain, who held 104, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who held 93.

Moreover, Giuliani held more events in New Hampshire than either Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., or Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., who are favored to come in first and second (not necessarily in that order) on the Democrats' side.

He also spent $2.5 million on TV ads.

It's an interesting strategy -- downplay your efforts and try to fly under the radar, so that when you do really well you can claim a groundswell. "See? I barely even made an effort, and look how many votes I got!" And it's true that when it comes to seeing other people on the sly, none of the other candidates are a match for the Rudester.

Trouble is, it didn't work.