Rudy's revival?

David Weigel pulls together the clues and makes a strong case for Rudy Giuliani being John McCain's choice for VP.

Ugh! So much for any hope of the VP candidate being any kind of balance for the ticket: Rudy is another instinctive authoritarian who — except for his unusual-for-a-Republican pro-choice stance — hasn't seen a civil rights restriction he couldn't support.

Rudy Can't Fail

Seriously, he can't. After his Wile E. Coyote-worthy faceplant in the primaries — $60 million in fundraising for half as many votes as Ron Paul and zero delegates — America's Mayor is giving the GOP convention keynote.

Giuliani was close to McCain before they faced off in the GOP primary and, after his disappointing third-place finish in Florida, the former New York mayor quickly threw his support to McCain.

Since then he’s been a frequent surrogate for McCain but has received no mention as a veep prospect. The keynote slot offers Giuliani, who is said to be considering a New York gubernatorial run in 2010, a high-profile opportunity to reestablish himself and tout McCain’s national security credentials.

Don't call it a comeback, he's been here for years. "Here" being "in the pro-choice ghetto of the GOP, trotted out for parties and then trundled back into his northeastern cave."

This news wouldn't be so interesting if it wasn't that the other people responsible for Giuliani's partial-birth abortion of a campaign were also falling upwards.

McCain has hired Giuliani's former campaign manager and communications director.