Rudy Giuliani is going after Hillary Clinton in his first Internet ad:
Note that Giuliani's name never comes up during the ad, which I can't help but think is smart and effective. Also, it seems as if Rudy is running like a general election candidate and going after the Democrats rather than his fellow Republicans. That's also smart.
Rudy had a good week. In Atlanta, he went after critics of the President and General David Petraeus. He attacked MoveOn.org's advertisement in the New York Times asking "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" (in a side note, Red State has a spoof of the ad and wonders, "What if MoveOn.org existed 65 years ago?") Giuliani blasted the Times for giving MoveOn.org a discount rate, and blasted Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton for questioning Petraeus's credibility. He upped the ante by asking the Times to sell him ad space at MoveOn's discount rate, which would allow him to run an ad of similar size in the paper praising Petraeus's efforts. In a week that could've been rough for the former New York City mayor, with the media attention thrust upon Fred Thompson's official entry into the nomination, John McCain's resurgent campaign, and new polls showing both candidates gaining ground (PDF alert), things turned out well. I would suggest the trifecta he aggressively went after -- Hillary Clinton, MoveOn.org, and the New York Times -- should serve as a boost in Rudy's standing among conservatives.
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