Clearly, Rudy's ignominious presidential flop can be traced back to Judi - the woman he fell for when she stalked him in a cigar bar in 1999 ---- when he was the married mayor with a wife and two young children at home. "She was a major part of the reason for Giuliani's collapse," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "Rudy wanted to head up the 'family values' party, and Judi didn't fit that label. " Even more egregious, Judi was instrumental in Giuliani's estrangement from his children. Their refusal to campaign for their own father spoke volumes to voters.
The political hits just kept coming. Among the misfires that brought national embarrassment to the one-time RINO frontrunner: (1) Rudy's cutting off his wife's security detail in favor of giving Judi taxpayer-funded NYPD detectives 24/7 as personal valets, dog-walkers and chauffeurs while she was the mayor's mistress; (2) Judi's revelations of a secret past marriage; and, (3) staging a cell phone call in the midst of Giuliani addressing the National Rifle Association.
Mike McKeon, the Giuliani campaign aide who was in charge of handling Mrs. Giuliani's national "roll-out" said that despite her lack of campaigning, she was an experienced public speaker who would remain on the trail. "Judith is nothing but an asset, and, as the campaign continues, she's going to be a larger and larger asset," he had said. "She'll be one of our key surrogates." That about sums up the series of flops that totaled Giuliani's aspirations.
Doubts emerged early about Judi, the former pharmaceutical sales rep. She had to fess up to the world that she had forgotten she had a first husband---even Rudy did not know he was married to a serial divorcee. Her willingness to be squired around to official functions by the married mayor and her complicity in the humiliation of his wife were not to be tolerated.
Judith Giuliani's rollout on ABC's 20/20 where she said she would sit in Cabinet meetings was a monumental disaster. So much so the two had to inveigle Sean Hannity to re-interview them to refute the statement. Judi was rolled back inside the campaign tent as fast as she was rolled out.
Thank you, God.
Rudy came up with the perfect plan. For whom it was perfect, is anyone’s guess.
Now, now folks, Rudy did give us Senator Hillary Clinton.
Is he going to hire illegals to replace them?
They do save you a lot of money.
. . .whatever. . .
His self-determined 'death-dive' notwithstanding; have been wondering what Rudy has been up to lately. . .and if wife, Judi is fully recovered.
Thank you, Mike. That misjudgment helped save the country from Rudy. Way to go!
Add in Rooty's in your face liberalism and it spelled doom. His quest to be POTUS running as a Republican was a fool's errand of the nth degree.
Hannity must be sweating bullets.
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080229/FREE/567748227/1057
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Next week Mr. Giuliani will also return to the eponymous consulting firm that he founded six years ago. In his absence the two firms have changed dramatically.
Bracewell & Giuliani, based in Houston, has grown hugely, opening offices as far afield as Dubai. Its New York outpost, which opened with three lawyers in 2005, boasts 50 attorneys today. Mr. Giuliani’s own office there has remained untouched, according New York Managing Partner Daniel Connolly.
The consulting firm, on the other hand, has shrunk. Although Mr. Giuliani calls it “more streamlined,” the fact is that the firm has suffered without its namesake, with its client list shrinking from 20 to 15, according to published reports.
The returning lawyer will split his New York time between both offices, as he did prior to his leave of absence. Next week will be spent in heavy re-orientation, getting up to speed on all matters. “He’s always been a quick study,” says Mr. Connolly.
He’s also not one to let a little defeat get him down. Instead, Mr. Giuliani insists that his failure to win a single presidential primary will not hurt him in the long run. “If anything, running for office has broadened me and made me better known,” he says.
All the politicking and national attention hasn’t dimmed his legal ambitions either. He admits that his favorite activity is still arguing cases in front of an appellate—or higher—court. The last time Mr. Giuliani faced the U.S. Supreme Court was in a 1983 bank robbery case, which he distinctly recalls winning by a tally of 8-1. “I would like to argue appeals again,” Mr. Giuliani says. “If there’s a good one around, let me know.”
His wives and his family can’t trust him why did he think voters would ?
Doom on the POS !
Stay Safe Liz !
Did anyone with even an ounce of little gray cells even entertain the thought that "Rudy for President" would play in Peoria?
He may have been big in New York City and New York state, but outside of that, his nationwide support was negligible and lightweight except for a few pockets here and there.
Remember, popularity and hard political support are two different things in big league races.
Leni