Posted on 02/11/2007 10:27:49 PM PST by FairOpinion
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, still basking in his can-do post-Sept. 11 image, got a rousing welcome yesterday from Republican activists searching for a presidential candidate who can win in California.
No Republican presidential candidate has carried California since the elder George Bush did in 1988, and no one has even run a competitive race in the increasingly Democratic-leaning state since then.
Republicans are hopeful they have prospects in the large 2008 field who can reverse the trend by combining liberal and conservative stands that has proven so successful for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“The popularity of the governor shows that you can take the positions that he holds and win in California,” said Duf Sundheim, outgoing Republican state chairman. “I think Giuliani has the same opportunity.”
As for Giuliani, backers say his record on reducing crime and taxes in New York should give conservatives plenty to like. He was introduced to the convention yesterday by businessman Bill Simon, the 2002 Republican nominee for California governor who once worked under Giuliani in the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York.
Simon said that as mayor, Giuliani cut taxes 23 times and reduced the city's murder rate by 67 percent. “That is a record that as a conservative Republican, I can heartily endorse,” he said.
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If the DemocRATS lose CA, there's no way they can win a presidential election.
He will make her spent lots of $ in CA, NY and all the rest of the "Big Blue States"
Rudy PING
May the best man wearing a dress win. ;-)
((((( PING )))))
If you want on or off the Rudy Ping List let me know.
Interesting...
"If the DemocRATS lose CA, there's no way they can win a presidential election."
Exaclty!
Rudy can win in CA, the same way Arnold did, and that will be a major blow to the Dems for many years to come.
The Rudy bashers might want to consider that.
Oops... ya beat me to it! :o)
Who is going to win in California?
From BILL SIMON no less! Woot!
"Why in the world would California dems vote for Rudy over Hillary?"
The CA Dems wouldn't, but the independents, which comprise about a third of the electorate and the Republicans would, which would be enough for a win.
He'll also take Pa., probably Ct., and might even take N.J. and make it awfully dicey in N.Y., as well.
Gun registration = gun grabber
Could you explain that on to me?
Thanks for the ping!
Rudy could definitely make Cali competitive, though Bill Clinton's name is gold in the Golden State and Hillary's going to have the edge. But Rudy will certainly beat Hillary in the industrial states that went for Kerry last time: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, maybe Illinois and New Jersey. Between that and Hillary having to pour money into Cali and New York, it's hard to see how she even begins to play for the red states.
:)
Why would it be a blow to Democrats when they'd get everything they want without Republican resistance, the way Arnold did?
I suggest you lay off the acid on Sundays; it's a work week coming you know.
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