Rudy Giuliani’s campaign released its 4th quarter fundraising figures today, which show that Mr. 9/11 spent $48.9 million through last December 31. In light of that figure (which of course does not include millions of dollars more that Giuliani spent during the past month), let’s review the collapse of Rudy’s campaign, which ranks as one of the most spectacular political humiliations in recent American history.

Rudy, the long-time GOP frontrunner, debuted with voters on January 3 in Iowa. He won 3 percent support (4,097 voters) to finish 6th, trouncing Duncan Hunter by a margin of BLAH BLAH BLAH

Now let’s summarize:

* Rudy won exactly one delegate (in Nevada).
* Rudy’s average share of the vote in the seven states he competed in was 5.14 percent.
* Rudy won a total of 342,357 votes, roughly the population of Arlington, Texas. If Florida is excluded, just for fun, that number falls to 60,602–and that six-state total is about equal to the number of students who attend Arizona State University.

Rudy spent $142.83 for every ACTUAL VOTE he received. And again, that is based on campaign spending only through December 31. The real number will go higher when 2008 spending figures are released.