Posted on 02/11/2007 11:23:05 PM PST by BunnySlippers
As Mayor Giuliani looks over the acres of gleaming tractors, mammoth cotton harvesters, and hightech cow milking equipment at a fair in California's vast agricultural heartland tomorrow morning, he will surely feel like he's a long way from Manhattan.
The prospect of a visit from the man billed as America's mayor already has local folks in California's central valley atwitter. "Honestly, this is probably the biggest name we've had," the chairman of the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., Bruce Shannon, said yesterday.
Mr. Shannon allowed that Mr. Giuliani had "probably not run into a lot of combines and tractors" on the streets of Manhattan, but the organizer said the former New York mayor's reputation precedes him. "Rudy's very popular here," Mr. Shannon said.
In the coming year, these kinds of rural visits and forays to California's sprawling cities could become commonplace for Mr. Giuliani; the Golden State is poised to become a linchpin of his strategy for winning the Republican nomination for president.
One of the key factors pushing California to the fore of Mr. Giuliani's agenda is Governor Schwarzenegger's plan to move the state's presidential primaries up to February 5 from the current date in June.
"I think it will have a big impact," Mr. Giuliani said Saturday after addressing a state party convention in Sacramento. "You're going to have to spend a lot of time here. That's not so hard," he joked.
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sweep! :)
stick me on the list, uhhh... that's a vote FOR Rudy list right? :)
LOL ... you're on the list now.
Welcome! :)
ok, cool. :)
Clinton will be grabbing the guns first. ;)
Great news!
Great news!
I come from a family of avocado farmers farming in Ventura County since the mid-1800s. I'm from a huge family.
So I KNOW Rudy will get some of the rural vote. (much to your chagrin)
Just be careful in Tulare County and don't step in any Democratic Cow Pies.
"In a little-noted California poll last month, Mr. Giuliani held a sizable lead over the rest of the Republican field. The American Research Group survey found that Mr. Giuliani had the support of 33% of likely Republican primary voters; a former House speaker who is mulling a bid but not formally exploring one, Newt Gingrich, was at 19%; and Senator McCain of Arizona had 18% support. A former Massachusetts governor who is painting himself as the most viable true conservative in the race, Mitt Romney, had just 3% backing. Some 22% of the 600 Republicans and independents surveyed said they were undecided."
Looks like sensible Republicans in CA may give Rudy the nomination.
BTW,
Rudy is the speaker at the World Ag Conference in CA on Tuesday!
YEAH!!!
Wow, only one anti-Rudy post so far on this thread? The Rudy haters are slipping : )
In Tulare, Calif. We keep hearing from those here who speak for conservatism and who claim to know "the base," that Rudy will be rejected. I wonder when all this distain for Rudy will start showing up in real Republicans? So far, I haven't seen any.
I'm willing to bet, if elected President, Rudy will continue down the same road that all the Presidents have.
I love this word and you almost never see it in print. Would make a nice screen name even. :)
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