Posted on 02/03/2007 1:17:10 PM PST by BunnySlippers
By JIM DAVENPORT, Associated Press Writer
He keeps an itinerary that has all the makings of a full-fledged presidential candidate: South Carolina this weekend, New Hampshire the one before.
Which is what Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, says he's leaning toward becoming.
"There's a real good chance," Giuliani told The Associated Press on Saturday, after a 30-minute speech and question-and-answer session with party leaders in South Carolina. In year, they will put on the first-in-the-South GOP presidential primary.
On Giuliani's first visit to New Hampshire last weekend since setting up the committee, he told reporters he'd received a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and support from people.
But he said he had not yet decided whether he could make a "unique contribution" toward strengthening the nation that would justify a run for president.
He has emphasized his steady hand dealing with the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. However, his moderate stances on gun control, abortion, gay rights and other social issues could be liabilities for him in a GOP presidential primary that includes hard-core conservatives as a central voting group.
For instance, in November, South Carolina voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on same-sex unions.
"The fact is I appeal to conservative Christians the way I appeal to everyone else," Giuliani said at a news conference. "I don't think you have separate appeals to people."
Giuliani formed a presidential exploratory committee in November to prepare for a possible bid for the GOP nomination in 2008. It lets him raise money and travel the country, gauging how much support there could be for him.
In his few first weeks, Giuliani took in $1.4 million. He collected donations online, and held a major fundraising event in New York in December.
Financial documents show that by the start of this year Giuliani had about $1 million available, having spent money to set up campaign headquarters, buy equipment and hire workers.
The Republicans' top tier of candidates for 2008 includes Arizona Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback (news, bio, voting record).
Giuliani's visit to Columbia wrapped up a busy week in the state for White House hopefuls. Romney was in the capital on Tuesday and Brownback on Friday.
Liar.
I saved the thread, and your post, and the pictures and comments.
It's all been very tidily archived.
Thus your suggestion to another poster that "if you cannot link to it then you are lying" is, well, rather devious, isn't it?
Probably, though they tend to shy away from answering hard questions about their boy.
The well respected, bipartisan Battleground Poll (Jan 8-11, 2007) shows the Mayor with 65% favorability among likely voters. More importantly, Mayor Giuliani shows an 81% favorable rating among Republicans and only 10% with an unfavorable opinion.
According to the Battleground poll, Mayor Giuliani also has surprisingly high favorability ratings beyond the base:
* 70% of independents are favorable,
* 70% of 35-44 year olds,
* 74% of married women,
* 73% of households married with children,
* 52% of minority voters
The Mayor also enjoys strong approval among white evangelical Christians (76%) and self-described conservative Republicans (82%).
You can link to that one all you want...and it won't change the fact that I was simply pushing your friends' idiocy back in their faces, after they spent hundreds of posts harrassing me...sort of like you're doing now as you stalk me from thread to thread lying.
The truth about your words and tendencies lingers about you like a stench. Of course you wouldn't like it.
What do you think of Giuliani and Romney's very close associations with the most radical elements of the gay activist movement? Mean anything to you?
The stench is from your Carvillian tactics.
So, if you don't support Giuliani, why do you come on threads and attack those who oppose him personally?
I have already told you.
Actually, it doesn't, no matter how many times you lie about it.
Priceless! :-D
Duncan Hunter for President!
At this hour, scientists at Lawrence Livermore are using particle accelerators, desperately searching among nanoparticles of matter to find Evie's credibility.
No luck yet.
Still awaiting an answer:
Do you agree with Rudy Giuliani that the work of Margaret Sanger was "distinguished"?
Do you agree with Rudy Giuliani that the work of Margaret Sanger was "distinguished"?
If I start lying about it, the other witnesses to your words will let me know.
No more fiscal liberals like hunten Dunken.
Nah. They're liars too.
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