In today’s New York Post, I look at why Rudy Giuliani ran a campaign that deserves to lose:

TOMORROW in Florida, Rudy Giuliani will make what is expected to be his last stand of the ‘08 race. What went wrong?

As an early (2006) believer in his capacity to become this race’s frontrunner, I’d have to say that he’s run a campaign that deserves to lose.

While he focused strategically on Florida and the Feb. 5 states, he undermined this by pitching his campaign thematically to Iowa and other parts of the GOP least likely to vote for him.

My conclusion: The best thing Giuliani can do now is to bow out gracefully should he come up with anything less than a win tomorrow. He had his chance and wasted it: The least he can do now is stop wasting our time.