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.
Actually, it's quite obvious.
Indeed.
The reader will decide what is obvious.
If you conceived of any of the horror referenced in your post you would not recklessly refer to anything related to make political points about Rudy or those who support him. I don't know what your point is, EV, but with every passing Rudy thread the bashers hyperbole is having the opposite intended outcome with undecideds like me.
There are more than a few of them in the Republican party (especially country club Republican wives), and the social conservatives may just offset one another, letting Rudy gain the advantage in early primaries.
Rudy's delay, and subsequent press reporting thereof, in identifying his party affilitation in his filing papers may indicate he is contemplating a third party run which could really make things interesting.
Won't happen.
Actually, in context, the continuous dishonesty and hatred expressed towards conservatives by the Giuliani supporters on that particular thread, and any number of others, made my sarcastic response quite appropriate. I posted it to jerk the chain of your friend (you weren't even involved) who had just spent hundreds of posts accusing conservatives who oppose gay marriage and the radical gay agenda of bigotry and "homophobia" and suchlike.
Straight out of the Dem playbook, the actions of the Rudyphiles are.
If your principles are so nonexistant as to be driven into Rudy's camp because someone has the temerity to post the truth about his liberal record, you'd have ended up in his camp, or someone who is nearly as bad, anyhow. *shrug*
Yes, they will. And everyone here knows quite well that your attacks are baseless...and base, for that matter.
Indefaticable Rudy!
The next two years are going to be an adventure.
"In doing so, we are upholding a distinguished tradition that began in our city starting with the work of Margaret Sanger..." - Rudolph Giuliani
Have you a link for that? I would like to use that as ammo against Rudyrino. thanks!
So work for your candidate(s). That's why we have primaries.
His comment was at 613, here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1775208/posts?page=601#601
My first comment was at 794, here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1775208/posts?q=1&&page=701
I submit that there is no context in which that post should be acceptable, with or without a sarcasm tag. It speaks to something fundamentally wrong.
Actually it's my strongly held principle meter that goes off when you and yours persist in half truths, out of context quotes, vile historical references, etc.
Thank you.
That's my reaction too.
Read quickly, before the whole thing gets pulled.
Or let me know if you want the pdf files.
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