Posted on 04/03/2007 4:02:00 AM PDT by Liz
The Giuliani '08 juggernaut just ran head-on into Podhoretz's First and Last Law of Politics, namely: No politician seeking the nation's highest office can do as much damage to another as he can do to himself. --SNIP-- The question before us today is whether Rudy Giuliani committed a blunder of comparable proportions by consenting to a Barbara Walters request for a joint interview with him and his wife Judi - during the course of which he said, embarrassingly, that he would welcome her presence at Cabinet meetings and listen to her closely on issues relating to health care.
Until that moment, he had handled his presidential bid as perfectly as could be imagined......his four months of bliss came to an end when ABC News released the first snippets of the Walters interview last Thursday..... Walters moment only revealed that Rudy ......thought he could say something cute about his wife that really wasn't cute at all - seemed perhaps more about currying favor with her than about finding the appropriate balance between portraying a loving marriage and depicting a future presidency. Of course, what Rudy was doing with Barbara Walters was an effort....- to neutralize the damaging effect of his marital history by being open and clear and honest. He did that well.....then he muffed it.
News of the Walters interview began a 96-hour ordeal for Giuliani that included the leak of his grand-jury testimony in the case of his former police commissioner's ties to a crooked contractor - potentially his most serious liability - and the revelations that Judi Giuliani has actually been married more than twice and had worked for a medical-equipment firm that used (and thus killed) dogs.
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The MSM will never, ever, allow Duncan Hunter anywere near the nomination. Where’s he gonna get a hundred million dollars by fall?
You mean the guy who is open-borders and voted for McCain/Feingold? Isn't he kind of a Tennessee version of the loose cannon from Arizona, but without all the hero qualities? Oh yeah, he plays a conservative on TV just like...Reagan? Thompson is no different than Bush.
The smug arrogance of these two is apparent. They act like dictators who will not countenance criticism.
According to Rudy/Judi, Americans should remain silent, and fall in line whenever they mouth their crackbrained plan to takeover the Repub party (so that liberals control all facets of the US government).
To "coin" a phrase: If the Giuliani's can't stand the heat, they should get out of the kitchen.
Rudy is still very strong in all the polls. Most people see beyond the superficial...
And a wife young enough to be his daughter.
Morning Liz...I thin k you’re correct that it was a calculated move, but for a different reason. It buried the Kerick stories that wrere startign to come up, and more importantly, I think the campaign was confused, and concerned, about what Judy’s newly revealed FIRST husband might say.( Turns out, he said nothing )..So, this gave it cover, and if he slammed her, it gave her some creds. Whatever you think of Rudy, he’s always run AT a problem, not AWAY from it. He’s throwing out all of his trash very early on..a smart move..
the reason that some of these silly false-starts don’t stick on Giuliani is because his instincts are so right, to wit, Marc Rich history, reaction to Brooklyn Museum exhibit, banning Yasser Arafat, refusing Saudi money after 9/11, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera
Does no one remember the "kitchen cabinets" of old? Unofficial advisors to a president.
This is really nothing new......from democrats.
That's my problem with rudy, he would make a fine democrat candidate. And, if he won, it wouldn't be a disaster.
you got that right.
I think Rudy’s comments on letting his wife sit in on Cabinet meetings turned of more than just the “more conservatives”.
IMHO, most American’s are voting for a President not a tag-team. I would have considered voting for Rudy until I read his lips on this one.
We the people of the United States elect a President, not his wife.
Yep. We are lucky. We have 3 strong contenders. Rudy, Thompson and Romney. Any combination of two of those would beat Hillary. I think Rudy however, has the broadest appeal.
I agree with that and I think he was misquoted.
There. Fixed it for you. No charge!
Rudy Judyani for president?
Correction! Apparently his wife is a Judi, not a Judy.
So reprint those bumper stickers - it’s Rudy Judiani in 2008!
Yeah, but the two of you put together are not near as good as I am.
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