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Let's assume that, instead of following his foolish "win the big states" strategy, Giuliani focuses on Iowa and New Hampshire instead, and goes on to win the Republican nomination. No scandals tarnish his image during the Republican primary. The Democratic primary is largely unaffected - Obama still wins after a long, drawn-out fight against Hillary. How would this affect the Presidential race? Who would have been Giuliani's most likely running mate? Would the social conservatives have defected to a third party, as they threatened to do?
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