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Posted on 11/19/2009 12:15:02 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor next year - but will run for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News.
A source familiar with Giuliani's thinking said the failed presidential candidate has been telling people he plans to run against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010 to fill out the remaining two years of Hillary Clinton's term.
If elected, the source said, he could use that as a stepping stone to run for President in 2012 - rather than run for re-election to the Senate.
A Giuliani spokeswoman downplayed the reports. "Rudy has a history of making up his own mind and has no problem speaking it," she said. "When Mayor Giuliani makes a decision about serving in public office, he will inform New Yorkers on his own."
His absence from the governor's race would be a boon -- and a bow -- to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who is considering a run for the office.
Gov. Paterson, who trails Cuomo by up to points in a hypothetical matchup in some polls, insists he is running, even though the White House has pointedly told him President Obama would "prefer" he didn't.
Former Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari, a close Giuliani pal, said the former mayor had been privately sharing doubts with him for months about running for governor.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
I really think Lazio has a shot at Governor at this point.
Good for Rudi! I wish him well. He’ll probably vote only a little better than Arlen Specter in his pre-turncoat days, but he’s about the best they can expect to come out of a statewide election in New York.
I agree now that PIAPS is gone there can be sanity brought back to the Senate in 2010.
I agree that Guiliani would be a reasonably good choice for the Senate. I’d be a little concerned that he might return to his gun-grabbing ways, but he would probably be around 60% to 80% good in the senate — a heckuva lot better than anything we’ve had out of New York in a long time.
If Paterson somehow survives, Lazio will be a shoe-in. If it’s Cuomo, then Lazio better hope for an extraordinarily bruising primary and a Republican wave in 2010. Cuomo will be tough to beat.
Great, we can have another Rudyite purge... that was fun < /s>
Not sure about that one.However, Nassau county and Westchester county went Republican would help Giuliani’s
chances.
Yea, right. Did you forget the /s?
That’s retarded.
Support a conservative in the primary if you want, but if the choice is Giuliani or Gillibrand, every conservative should support Giuliani.
Guiliani’s coattails will swing the NYC suburbs to Lazio.
Consider that Westchester just voted in Republicans to reverse a decade long trend toward the left, and were seeing an interesting problem for Democrats in NY State.
he’d be one more vote to filibuster Obamaism, so I’m all for it
Apparently, it’s a myth that they instinctively stomp out fires.
I will vote for Rudy for Senator. I like him better than Pataki for the position.
Considering this is NY it is a good choice. He will have my support. We have the same problems here in California.
Why is Schumer so safe in New York? I am mystified why the worst Senator is not vulnerable.
I think Rudy's a good fit as a senator, and New Yorkers will have a proven New Yorker they can vote for.
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