Yesterday's SDUT has a list of Super Tuesday Winners and Losers, which includes the following...

WINNER - Mike Huckabee: From a nobody to household name in two months.

Rudy Giuliani didn't make the list of losers, but of course he was no longer in play Tuesday, so likely not deemed eligible.  Yet, considering that Rudy for several months had placed every one of his eggs in the Big Tuesday basket, aside from one large Grade AAA for Florida, he might have still been considered.

Following the pattern used in the UT's Huckabee wording noted above, allow me to submit this...

LOSER - Rudy Giuliani: From a household name to nobody in two months.

Seriously, though, will any candidate ever again take the strategic risk of ignoring the early caucuses and primaries in the delegate weak states, while focusing solely on the big prizes, only to be left out of the headlines for weeks on end in a crucial period?

Maybe not.  Yet, let's remember, Rudy not only ignored those early contests so as to focus resources on Florida and the virtual Tuesday nationwide primary, but also because it was likely he would run distant in the first few states.  So, if he had played early, he might have remained in the media...yet with a series of headlines about third and fourth place finishes.

The end result is the same.  The long-held leader in the polls only a handful of weeks ago was likely destined to be an also-ran, regardless of the strategy.