Posted on 11/22/2006 11:30:13 AM PST by Sabramerican
.......On Nov. 15, Mr. Giuliani met in Manhattan with supporters who could form the core of a national fund-raising effort, including Thomas O. Hicks, the owner of the Texas Rangers; Mel M. Immergut, the chairman of the New York law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; and William E. Simon Jr., an investor who ran for governor of California in 2002.
Mr. Giuliani crisscrossed the country this year, visiting 25 states to campaign with or raise money for Republican candidates, according to his political action committee, Solutions America. But political analysts say his liberal views on social issues like abortion and gay rights could be a liability in a Republican primary.
Everyone Ive talked to keeps dismissing him for one reason or another: that hes from New York, that hes moderate, that hes wrong on one social issue or another, said Frank I. Luntz, a Republican pollster who worked for Mr. Giuliani in his 1993 and 1997 mayoral campaigns. They dont know Rudy Giuliani, and they dont understand the electorate. The public is demanding intelligent leadership and is far more focused on personal attributes of the candidates than on specific policy issues.
Mr. Luntz said he believed that the midterm elections, which cost Republicans control of Congress, would lead party members to consider an unorthodox candidate like Mr. Giuliani.
Theres a great fear among the G.O.P. and its a legitimate fear that they could end up losing everything, he said. In times of genuine crisis, leadership matters a heck of a lot more than anything else.
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Wow, actual F A C T S to prove your point.
:-)
I keep that sucker handy in my tagline.
DING DING DING!! Winner.
Newt
something times nothing is still nothing.
Rudy is a self serving liberal who cant win the primaries in the red states so lets focus on a COMSERVATIVE WINNER....not a liberal drag queen.
I disagree. He can win in the primaries and - most important - in the general election. I have no objection to a more conservative candidate who's as strong as Rudy on foreign policy, and as strong a leader. One who can win. But be realistic. Can you find one?
Rudy would make a good Mayor or NYC if he could run again or Senator from NY...at that he would be a definite improvement over the two piece's of sh*t that currently hold those jobs.....I would not want him as a Governor of NY....and most definitely NOT want him as President. There are better choices and I dont believe he will pass muster enought in flyover country to win the nomination for the Republican party....I know I will not vote for him in the primary....as I did NOT vote for GWBush in the primaries but I did in both general elections....if it were Rudy vs the Hildebeaste....I would probably vote for Rudy....after holding my nose.....I dont think the country could survive a Shrillery presidency....
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