He never was a Republican, neither is Rudy; they both ran as Republicans because they needed a party structure to get on the ballot. Both had personalities too large for certain people (Chuckie S.) in the Dem party.
Let him run for President how is he gonna get on state ballots as an independent? Perot had grass roots support, this guy has none.
Bloomberg has money and he's not scare to use it.
The reason he will get on state ballots is because he has stated publicly that he will spend up to $1 billion in his ego driven run for the presidency.
If Rudy is not a Republican, than what is he? Does this sound Republican enough for you:
-Cutting taxes in a city that had never seen a tax cut before
-Reducing deficits
-Cutting crime by 64 percent (murders down 67 percent)
-Ending open admissions policy at City University, resulting in SAT scores of incoming freshmen to rise 168 points
-Attempting to take over NYC schools from the teacher’s union
-Fixing the NYC welfare system (1 in 8 were on welfare in 1993, 600,000 less were on in 2001, 100,000 found jobs)
-Increasing city revenues
-Shutting down X rated sex shops
-Pissing off the NY Times and the ACLU
-Being one of the most successful federal prosecutors ever
-Worked for President Reagan
-Blames Islamic terrorists for terrorism, not America
-Believes we must succeed in Iraq
-Pro school choice
On social issues he is wrong, especially abortion. But the fact is that abortions actually declined in NYC while he was in office, and no President since 1973 has made a real dent in abortion. He also publicly supported Alito and Roberts.