Sunday, May 27, 2007

First Name Basis?

Yesterday, I received a First Edition Rudy bumper sticker in the mail. Unsolicited, I should add.

The design isn't too bad, but I wonder if Rudy Giuliani has really earned the first-name-only public recognition usually reserved for music stars and super models. It's pretty unusual in politics to drop the last name, particularly at this point in the campaign.

The only other candidate embracing the "first name is enough" philosophy is Hillary Clinton, who has legitimate reason to believe that her last name is not necessary and also has cause to differentiate (and maybe even distance) herself from her married moniker.

Rudy? I'm not so sure.

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