Politico smacks down Rudy, praises Hillary

Politico — the influential on-line politics mag — doles out the “winners” and “losers” labels following Tuesday’s election.

They single out former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for some Big L.

America’s mayor began the year as the Republican front-runner by making the case for the big-tent GOP approach. He ended it as a caustic Republican attack dog at a time when GOP partisanship has turned off the very independents Giuliani initially attracted.

There are rumors he’s mulling a gubernatorial run, but his national reputation has taken a major hit, and his once-thriving consulting business is said to be in trouble.

Hillary Clinton, perhaps the ultimate survivor in American politics (if not quite the ultimate winner) draws some guarded praise.

[S]he has erased most doubts about her commitment to the Obama cause and now enjoys a level of popularity she hasn’t seen since her White House days.