RUDY’S EGO….Jonathan Martin confirms what I suspected while I was watching Rudy Giuliani’s frequently off-script jeers last night:
These extemporaneous comments, many of which drew huge applause, made the former New York mayor’s speech run much longer than planned. So much so, that a convention-planner confirms that they had to scrap a planned video ahead of Palin’s speech.
If I were in charge of the convention I would be seriously pissed off at Giuliani for this. Sure, he brought the convention hall crowd to its feet, but I’ll bet his over-the-top mockery didn’t play very well with the home audience. Conversely, the folks at home love those biographical videos. They’re really very effective. If they had to ditch Palin’s video because Giuliani was busy milking the adulation of the crowd and boosting his future speaking fees, it might end up costing them a close state or two. You never know. And all to feed hizzoner’s titanic ego.
