Posted on 11/19/2009 12:00:55 PM PST by trumandogz
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.
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Rudy may be fine in a good position with say, Homeland Security.. use him for his strengths but don’t elevate him to any position where his weaknesses become an issue.
He WOULD be an improvement in the Senate, but only if we cannot do better.
He WOULD be an improvement in the Senate, but only if we cannot do better.
Senator for NY? ... ok
VP ? ... maybe, but only on a strongly conservative ticket
Pres ? no thank you
Guiliani might make a good Senator for NY. NY is mostly liberal, so is Rudy...
But not President. Not ever President.
That sound you heard was Andrew Cuomo exhaling.
In New York, that’s as good as we’ll ever get in the Senate. I’ll take it.
Senate? OK
But PLEASE RUDY NO! on running for pres.
Come to think of it, who is running for Gov.? Looks like an ideal time to run a conservative-
I am thinking Betsy McCoy or that lawyer girl thats been on FOX news a lot lately
OR ANN COULTER!!!
If he’s only going to stay for 2 years and run for prez, it seems kind of pointless to run for the Senate b/c he would have to start running immediately,
Let him stay in the Senate. His last presidental run didn’t go too well.
We can’t just elect a republican that is good on defense and moderate to liberal on everything else. I like Rudy on a couple issues and he seems like a guy you’d might want to have as a buddy sometimes, but that isn’t enough to be President for me.
Too bad he was afraid to run for senate against hillary.
Despite his weaknesses, Giuliani would have been a better GOP candidate than McCain. And he might have beaten Obama.
He would certainly have made a better POTUS than Obama has.
And Chuck “You” Schumer.
Regardless, I hope he wins the Senate seat and stays there.
Could be enough for Obama to back down from putting KSM on trial on USA soil.
Obama would prefer the filibuster proof majority over pleasing his marxist lawyer buddies in the NYCLU. Ron Kuby and GWU Law School only has so much pull.
Guiliani wins by 6, easily.
I am surprised he wants the Senate as opposed to the governorship. Word is that he doesn’t play well with others and is better suited to an executive position.
Correct on Cuomo breathing a sigh of relief — this is great news for GOP Senate pickups. And it will hurt Schumer, who also has to face the NY voters next year, as well.
You do realize that Guiliani was diagnosed with prostate cancer during the campaign and that's the reason he dropped out against the HildaBeast in 2000, right?
You can do better.
Not thrilled by Rudy, but hey-didn’t Zero do that?
Probably — but there are 2 Senate races next year in NY - both Gillibrand is up (2-yr remainder) plus Schumer.
Yes, I realize that. But what was his excuse in 2006 when he could have stopped her future political aspirations dead in the water by beating her then?
“Too bad he was afraid to run ... against Hillary.”
My understanding is that he wasn’t AFRAID, he got cancer.
He is welcome in the Senate. Very electable in NY and will be a fiscal and security conservative. As far as Presidential candidate, I’ll wait and see what my options are. At this point, not very likely that I would be excited.
I wish it was against Chuck E. Cheese Schumer to get rid of that pompous ass. I don’t want Rudy for POTUS but he’d be my choice for Attorney General.
Guiliani and Schumer have the same power base, same donor base. They have been on somewhat friendly if not outright cordial terms for much of the last 18 years.
In this theoretical duality, Guiliani is not the incumbent powerbroker inside this power base, and would be permanently exiled from his business community if he dare go up directly against Schumer.
i was hoping he would run for Governor but Senate would be good
should put this seat in play if nothing else and gives a boost to other Rs further down the ticket
Senators don’t have to play well with others to be effective. Just look at Coburn and DeMint. But anyone with leadership skills would rather be an executive all else being equal. But NY has huge problems like California. It is likely to ruin the political future of anyone who touches the job.
Rudy for Prez? Considering who is there now, he’s totally over qualified for the job.
Senate YAY
White House NAY
smells like a hit piece/attempted sabotage....why would New Yorkers elect him if he is just going to turn around and run for POTUS 2 yrs. later?
Yep, liberal newspaper speculation.
But he would kick Hussein’s arse, no doubt.
This is great news. Assuming Rudy can put together a coherent message on social issues, he’d be a great candidate in 2012.
There were only two people last election cycle that made the American Left stark-raving mad. (Yes, I know they’re stark-raving mad every day, but waaaaaaaay more than usual.)
Those two people were Sarah Palin and Rudy Guiliani. I suspect it will continue to be those two into 2012.
You guys should re-consider Guiliani’s viability as a presidential candidate. Google “Guiliani” and find elite liberal opinion of him. He pisses them off as much as Sarah Palin, for a very specific reason. He’s a tough SOB street-fighter for the Left. He has been ever since his prosecutor days. We need a street-fighter against the communists/Marxists/collectivists/liberals. We need someone who isn’t going to adopt the “new tone” with these a—holes.
There is nobody else that is more like kryptonite to a liberal than Guiliani besides Palin. He’s worthy of your support if he’s nominated. I guarantee Palin would endorse him.
If Giuliani wasn’t an adulterer and pro-abortion, he’d be president of the US right now and we’d be working our way out of this mess.
You hit it right on the nose with “...street-fighter for the Left.” He ‘s a gun-grabbing, pro-abortion RINO. His sole conservative accreditation is a a somewhat pro-business stance.
He's probably the best Republican Senator we can hope for from NY, but he stinks on ice from a national conservative point of view.
You know what I meant. He’s bitchslapped liberals repeatedly in NY. They despise him as much as Palin. I don’t think you’ve read what he’s done and what they’ve written about him.
I’m just saying a Guiliani candidacy would make them as unglued as Palin. Guiliani/Palin in 2012 would be ideal. How many liberals would die because of high blood pressure?
Lessee.
Liberals hate him.
Conservatives have issues with his policies and his personal life.
That’s pretty poor presidential material.
“Lessee.
Liberals hate him.
Conservatives have issues with his policies and his personal life.
That’s pretty poor presidential material.”
WHAT?!
The fact that liberals despise him is the ultimate resume enhancer! I understand why they hate him. He has attacked them for years. That’s what I want from the next Republican. No new tone. Bury the Left. Issue after issue after issue.
He’s almost even with Palin on the Liberal Hatred Scale. That’s a huge plus. I’d be very pleased with Guiliani-Palin 2012. Two tough street-fighters to take on liberals.
I’d rather he took Hillary’s seat and stayed there than trying another RINO bid for President. Not Presidential material, IMO, but for a New York Senate seat...yeah, that’ll do. Unfortunately I can’t see getting a true conservative in there, Rudy may be the closest possible thing.
}:-)4
Too fearful to take on Schumer for the full 6-year term
Simply being hated by New York liberals is not a significant qualification for President. There are a lot of jobs that it could be a qualification for, but there’s no way I could support Giuliani for President. No way. He’s way too anti-2A, way too socially liberal.
Now, would I like to see him kick over a few apple carts in the Senate? Oh my gosh yes. But not President.
}:-)4
His excuse was prostate cancer; so second-stringer LAZ E OH was called in.
I think he’d be ok and possibly even good as a Senator from NY, but there’s no way I’d vote for him for President. He’s not pro-life and is actually quite liberal on a number of issues.
Interesting, if former Sen. Alan Simpson of WY had been pro-life, he, not Dan Quayle, would have been the V.P. choice in 1988.
If he were running for Senate in a red state, I’d be upset. But in a strong blue state like NY, the Republicans pick up an extra Senator in a state where they normally wouldn’t have had a prayer.
I like the idea, as long as he stays there. He would be excellent on the Foreign Relations committee, and we’ll need a real leader there to dethrone John F-in Kerry and to take over for Lugar.
We’ve entered the twilight zone, AGAIN!
Electing liberals will not advance the conservative agenda. The only thing worse then a liberal Democrat, is a liberal Republican. Appears some folks didn’t learn anything from the 2007 GOP primaries. We don’t need more liberal candidates in the GOP. We need conservative candidates.
We can't. There has been one conservative Senator from New York in my lifetime and there isn't likely to be another. It was Bill Buckley's brother, who was elected in a fluky three way race.
Actually, I think this is a great move by Rudy and gives us a real chance at an (R) from New York. Rudy is very good on lots of issues. The main thing people were worried about was judicial picks because of his pro-choice position and that is a much smaller issue for a Senator than a President. He'd be strong on homeland security, national defense, taxes, limited government, lots of issues.
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