He won’t actually be going streaking, Old School style, if he falls flat in Florida (thankfully), but if Rudy Giuliani is shut out of delegates after pouring all his resources into that state, we feel this rite of passage is appropriate.

Back in college, After W staffers were made by fraternity upperclassmen to run laps around campus if they were shut out in pool or foosball.

Naked. The conventional wisdom was that while the humiliation was great, it was warranted if one couldn’t tally a single point.

Rudy Giuliani may not be blanked Tuesday, but the situation is grim as he has lost much support and now ranks third or worse in polls.

It’s good they’re foregoing paychecks, because Giuliani aides who advocated eschewing early contests to focus on delegate-rich Florida - only to be shellacked repeatedly and nosedive in polls - sure haven’t earned them.

John McCain, Mitt Romney and even Mike Huckabee have posted big wins early in the GOP race, rendering Giuliani irrelevant.

Whether it’s naked run time for Rudy or not, we’ll see if he even stays in the race after the Florida primary Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the New York Times has endorsed McCain for the Republican nomination over Giuliani, strongly criticizing the former mayor.

“Senator John McCain of Arizona is the only Republican who promises to end the George W. Bush style of governing from and on behalf of a small, angry fringe,” the paper’s editorial board wrote.

“The Rudolph Giuliani of 2008 shamelessly turned the horror of 9/11 into a lucrative business, with a secret client list, exploiting his city’s and the country’s nightmare to promote his presidential campaign,” the paper writes, describing Giuliani as narrow, obsessively secretive, and vindictive.

The Times also endorsed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. The paper praised Clinton’s chief rival, Barack Obama, but called Clinton more qualified for the job.