Posted on 09/06/2004 1:33:13 AM PDT by kattracks
Forget about President Bush - former Mayor Rudy Giuliani may be getting the biggest bounce from the Republican National Convention.A new Newsweek poll showed 50% of registered voters want Giuliani to run for President in 2008. Those numbers are even higher - 65% - among Republican voters.
That places Giuliani ahead of Arizona Sen. John McCain's 48%, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 22% - and light-years ahead of Gov. Pataki's 15%.
Pataki, who introduced Bush on Thursday and also has been mentioned as a possible presidential contender in 2008, actually saw his numbers drop to 13% among Republican voters.
Giuliani declined yesterday to talk about any political plans during several interviews, saying he was concentrating on getting Bush reelected.
"The race for the presidency four years from now is so far away, I'm not thinking about it; I'm not running against anybody," Giuliani said during an interview on "Fox News Sunday." "Right now, there's only one race ...
"And, you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger's doing a great job as governor of California, and John McCain is one of my heroes. So I don't want to be in any kind of contest with them," Giuliani said.
Giuliani's speech the first night of the convention drew raves from delegates from around the country. McCain and Schwarzenegger - Austrian-born and barred by the Constitution from being President - also made high-profile speeches during last week's GOP fest at Madison Square Garden.
Asked if Giuliani's speech made them more likely to vote for Bush, 24% of voters polled said yes, while 33% said it did not make a difference. Some 8% said it made them less likely to reelect the President. The rest either had no opinion or did not see the speech. The poll of 1,008 registered voters was conducted Thursday and Friday.
Originally published on September 6, 2004
Know how Rudy got the crime rate down so much in NYC? He instituted police state tactics at the expense of the Bill of Rights. Sure that'll work, just ask Stalin, Hitler and Ivan the Terrible (not the hurricane).
For my money give me JEB/CONDI RICE in 2008.
That's ridiculous. We were not a police state. Rudy simply enforced all the laws.
Well, you're correct about Dimwit Dinkins.
I stand by my assertion that New York liberalism has exerted a major negative impact on the country in the form of the two Senators mentioned and their furtherance of the anti-gun/anti-freedom agenda. Look at what happened at the Empire State Building a few years ago. A random nut case shooting. When it came to light that the gun was purchased in Virginia, that brought on a whole spate of federal bills to expand the gun controls into other states. But IIRC, Rudy started the ball rolling by making the call for those national laws. Another 20,000 laws that don't work in the name of control. Rudy and Hillary and chuckie all know that gun control does nothing to control crime. They don't care. Because what they really want is to control people.
If these truly were the choices (and of course they aren't), the GOP would be in its death throes...doomed to the same fate as the Whigs.
Obviously the writer knows nary a thing about the Republican nominating electorate.
I know! That's exactly how I feel...I'm really in luck because I have so many regional candidates to choose from -Santorum, Ridge, Pataki, Giuliani, and Romney...
It should be interesting to see what Ridge does...I have a sneaking suspicion that if he wants to run for President, he will ask Bush to move to the Pentagon. That would make him the Administration candidate.
Pataki and Giulinai cannot both run...for either one to win the nomination would require the full financial advantage that hailing from NY would bring...
If Guiliani goes for the brass ring, Pataki should concentrate on getting the Hildebeast out of the Senate. Kill two birds with one stone.
Hillary shredded documents related to the Whitewater investigation at the Rose Law Firm to protect her husband. FBI files on political opponents were found in her private quarters. She was the author of the Clinton's national healthcare initiative. As co-president, she and husband Bill kowtowed to terrorists like the KLA and Arafat, refused to pursue Bin Laden for political reasons, sold coffees for political contributions, accepted campaign money from the Chinese government and helped get Netanyahu defeated in the hopes of establishing a legacy...an act that sparked worldwide jihad when Arafat rejected every one of Barak's offers.
Rudy is an extremely successful former U.S. attorney whose reforms remade New York into a great, liveable city worth visiting. He's tough on crime, he's pro-business, he's pro-Israel, he's a proven leader in times of crisis, he's an ally of this President, and he's terrorism's worst nightmare...a pro-defense prosecutor with a will and a long memory.
There is no reason for any conservative to vote for Hillary Clinton in a race against Rudolph Giuliani. Although they're both pro-choice, where they disagree, from a conservative standpoint Rudy beats her on every issue.
There is no reason for any conservative to vote for Hillary Clinton in a race against Rudolph Giuliani. Although they're both pro-choice, where they disagree, from a conservative standpoint Rudy beats her on every issue.
Yes I know, I was just being sarcastic, it just bugs me that he is againt abortion but votes for it, who does that sound like?
You are right. The largest and most powerful voting block in the USA, socially conservative Christians, would surely find and nominate its own verison of a Ross Perot or George Wallace.
How does Rudy Giuliani vote for abortion?
Socially conservative Christians might do that. It would depend on which candidate they'd want to defeat.
If they wanted to defeat Rudy, they'd run their own candidate.
If they wanted to defeat Hillary, they'd vote for Rudy.
Mayor Rudy has to look to his Right to see Thurgood Marshall.
Won't be Jeb. One of the problems W had was being the son of a recent former president him running looked kind of monarchistic. W's brother running immediately after W would be even more so. Jeb's gonna have to wait until at least 2016 maybe 2020 (2 or 3 terms after his brother).
Where does he stand on the 2nd amendment?
That old chestnut ain't going to work. Not when both candidates are set square against your core values.
If Rudy won the Republican nomination after a fair primary fight and social conservatives refused to support him, voting for a third-party candidate and leading to a Hillary Clinton victory, social conservatives will be responsible for Hillary's election.
The issue of abortion will not be decided at the executive level of government, and neither the House nor the Senate has the political will to pass a constitutional amendment outlawing it or overturning Roe. The issue will be decided in the courts.
Social conservatives had better pray Hillary is never elected President and should work to prevent such an abomination at all costs, even if it means the election of a Republican moderate. Her nominess to the bench will make Steve Bryer look like Antonin Scalia. With Rudy you at least get a shot at constructionists.
Of course, if you don't give a rat's ass about the unborn, vote for a third-party candidate in a Hillary/Rudy election should the opportunity arise.
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