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Giuliani Shows a Candidate's Mettle to Republicans in Iowa
NY Times ^
| 5/2/6
| Patrick Healy
Posted on 05/02/2006 9:42:32 AM PDT by Crackingham
Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said on Monday that he was seriously exploring whether he has "a chance" of winning the presidency in 2008, as he visited politically important Iowa and huddled with state advisers, donors to President Bush and other prominent Republicans. While Mr. Giuliani was officially in Iowa to attend two Republican fund-raisers, his behavior and remarks came close to politicking for himself. He ruminated openly about running, disclosed he was not sure what he would do if his friend John McCain also ran, and argued that if Republicans are to be a majority party, they need to accept politicians like himself who support abortion rights, gay rights and gun control.
"I've got a lot of places to go and a lot of people to talk to and a long process of figuring out whether it makes sense to run for president in 2008," Mr. Giuliani said before speaking at a daytime fund-raiser in Des Moines for a Republican congressional candidate. "I don't know the answer to that yet."
He added: "My effort this year will be to help Republicans get elected, and then, quite honestly, as part of it, saying to myself, does it look like I have a chance in 2008? And make that decision after the 2006 election."
At a fund-raiser in Davenport on Monday night, Mr. Giuliani offered a stout defense of President Bush's leadership, arguing that the economy was growing and that Mr. Bush would go down in history as "a great president."
"I don't know what we're all so upset about," he said, referring to concerns about the economy and rising costs, such as gas prices.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
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To: Gelato; EternalVigilance
Allen's camp seems woefully unprepared in the preseason. Oooh...I'm all askeered now, 'cause you two know about the preseason.
You've never gotten beyond it.
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posted on
05/03/2006 10:51:02 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: EternalVigilance
I fully intend on speaking with Senator Allen at one of his campaign functions this year. I fully intend on asking him what his exact, unambiguous position on abortion is.
I will post that response here.
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posted on
05/03/2006 10:56:08 AM PDT
by
jla
To: Corin Stormhands
You've never gotten beyond it. Only a few ever do.
But, on any given Sunday...
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posted on
05/03/2006 10:58:13 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: jla
That would be excellent.
Make him be very explicit. ;-)
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posted on
05/03/2006 10:59:04 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: Gelato
"Quality of life", eh...
That's a remarkable quote.
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:00:46 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: Gelato
"Reason I look at it that way is that I looked legally in my own heart and also emotionally in my own heart and mind of what makes sense. Sheesh.
We're supposed to base national policy affecting God-given, unalienable rights on one man's "feelings"?
I hadn't seen that quote. It's incredibly telling.
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:03:11 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: Gelato
...legally in my own heart... I'm still scratching my head over that one.
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:04:14 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: Gelato
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:05:01 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: Corin Stormhands
Oooh...I'm all askeered now, 'cause you two know about the preseason. You've never gotten beyond it. We're in the preseason now, bub.
You all are rooting for a guy who's going to cost Republicans the Super Bowl.
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:14:54 AM PDT
by
Gelato
To: Crackingham
If Guiliani doesn't get more serious than what he is doing now he'll never have a chance. McLame already is hiring political people in the first primary states which takes time. Rudy doesn't have an organization, he can't win without one.
To: Gelato; EternalVigilance
You all are rooting for a guy who's going to cost Republicans the Super Bowl. AGAIN with the football analogies?!?!?!?!
Did you even play?
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:16:50 AM PDT
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Corin Stormhands
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To: EternalVigilance
192
posted on
05/03/2006 11:17:38 AM PDT
by
Gelato
To: Corin Stormhands
AGAIN with the football analogies?!?!?!?! Exactly my reaction every time I hear George Allen speak.
Football analogies do get annoying, don't they?
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:18:56 AM PDT
by
Gelato
To: Gelato
Football analogies do get annoying, don't they? No, but you do.
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:22:41 AM PDT
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Corin Stormhands
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To: Gelato
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:23:15 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: Gelato
196
posted on
05/03/2006 11:23:49 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: 1Old Pro
My friends in NH tell me that McCain is dead meat up there.
Just because he won there in 2000 doesn't mean he can again.
He's got one key guy in Iowa, but the vast majority of the activists can't stand him.
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:26:10 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: EternalVigilance
Make him be very explicitI fully intend to, respectfully, press him on the issue.
198
posted on
05/03/2006 11:26:45 AM PDT
by
jla
To: jla
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:28:18 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
To: Corin Stormhands
Oh, I see.
Only George Allen is permitted to use football analogies ad nauseam.
I must put that in my rulebook.
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:28:45 AM PDT
by
Gelato
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