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Breaking News: Rudy Giuliani hints at dropping out
LA Times ^ | 28 January 2008 | Andrew Malcolm

Posted on 01/28/2008 12:51:55 PM PST by .cnI redruM

Rudy Giuliani appears to be pondering an end to his long pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination.

In a meeting in the back of his chartered plane en route to St. Petersburg, Fla., a short while ago, the onetime, longtime GOP front-runner told a small group of reporters, including The Times' Louise Roug: "The winner of Florida will win the nomination."

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; byebyejulieannie; elections; fl2008; giuliani; gopprimaries; gungrabbers; julieanni; lib; rino; rinorudy; rudy
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To: El Sordo

I’m with you.

Timing is too odd. He’s only been really focused on Florida.


21 posted on 01/28/2008 12:56:39 PM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: .cnI redruM

NOT as attorney general. Anyone who pals around with Kerick, Harding, and Pirro should be made ambassador to Botswana at best.


22 posted on 01/28/2008 12:57:04 PM PST by Clemenza (Ronald Reagan was a "Free Traitor", Like Me ;-))
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To: .cnI redruM
This is a hit job.

Rudy's been mentioning the importance of FL all along...this is just another example.

The author is trying to depress Rudy's vote, that is all.

23 posted on 01/28/2008 12:57:08 PM PST by what's up
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To: .cnI redruM

While I definitely want Rudy to drop out, I would like him to stay around until February 5th just to make things interesting.


24 posted on 01/28/2008 12:57:08 PM PST by SoConPubbie
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To: RabidBartender

I still think this is what he should have done last time!

I was angry he took the other path to the Presidency.


25 posted on 01/28/2008 12:57:23 PM PST by 3D-JOY
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To: what's up

I remember Roger Simon doing something similar to Fred Thompson in Iowa.


26 posted on 01/28/2008 12:58:17 PM PST by .cnI redruM (President Hillary would make Point Barrow the next Maxim Gorky)
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To: .cnI redruM
An LA Times hit job, or the end of the road for Rudy?

Do you really need a "hit job" on a candidate who's sitting in fourth place in the only state he's campaigned in?

27 posted on 01/28/2008 12:58:45 PM PST by VirginiaConstitutionalist (The top1% of income earners earn 17% of the income, but pay 39% of the income taxes. "Fair share?")
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To: .cnI redruM

Rudy, take John and Huck with you, and don’t let the door smack you on the way out.


28 posted on 01/28/2008 12:58:52 PM PST by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: RabidBartender
Maybe he can run against Hillary in 2012 (FOR SENATOR OF NY).

He's MUCH more suited for that. Two left wing liberals running against each other in the most left wing state in the country. He actually has a chance there.

29 posted on 01/28/2008 12:59:15 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government, Benito Guilinni a short man in search of a balcony)
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To: SoConPubbie
He helps Mike Huckabee by staying in. Other than that, I can’t think of anything else he does, if he can’t win in FL or NY.
30 posted on 01/28/2008 12:59:30 PM PST by .cnI redruM (President Hillary would make Point Barrow the next Maxim Gorky)
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To: COBOL2Java

Watch out Harry Reid if she stays and wants his job.

Room in Fort Marcy Park?


31 posted on 01/28/2008 12:59:38 PM PST by 3D-JOY
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To: .cnI redruM

Now if we can just get the Huckster, Romney, and McCaniac to quit also maybe we can start over and draft a true conservative candidate.


32 posted on 01/28/2008 12:59:39 PM PST by OB1kNOb (What a sad state of GOP affairs it has come to, picking a candidate as the lesser evil.)
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To: Allegra

I wouldn’t assume that Rudy will endorse anyone when he leaves the race. But he has said previously that if he weren’t running he’d probably be supporting McCain.


33 posted on 01/28/2008 12:59:53 PM PST by freespirited (Still a proud member of the Stupid Party. It beats the Evil Party any day of the week.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Celebrate when Hillary drops out and Obama is defeated


34 posted on 01/28/2008 12:59:53 PM PST by woofie
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To: trisham
Rudy gets a good review by the Club for Growth

Mitt Romney: Promise and Puzzlement: We are reasonably optimistic that, as President, Mitt Romney would generally advocate a pro-growth agenda.

Ron Paul: The Perfect as the Enemy of the Good.

Rudy Giuliani Enacted Pro-Growth Policies Despite Liberal New York Environment.

Arizona Senator John McCain's Tenuous Record as an Economic Conservative.

Huckabee is proud of his tax hikes, his spending increases, and his regulatory expansions as governor, and he has not indicated that he would govern any differently as president. Nominating Mike Huckabee for president or vice-president would constitute an abject rejection of the free-market, limited-government, economic conservatism that has been the unifying theme of the Republican Party for decades.

All summaries are linked if you want to read the entire white paper by a reliable source.

35 posted on 01/28/2008 12:59:55 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: COBOL2Java
If Hillary loses in '08, will she hang around the Senate that long, or cut-n-run?

That woman will be on the world's stage till they drag her off with a hook.

36 posted on 01/28/2008 1:00:42 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (Alas, Fred!)
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To: .cnI redruM

Obvious hit job. Subtle as a pile of manure.


37 posted on 01/28/2008 1:00:48 PM PST by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: .cnI redruM

Dear Rudy,

I just wanna tell you that mentioning you might drop out if you don’t get enough votes doesn’t work as well as I once thought.

Yours,
Fred


38 posted on 01/28/2008 1:00:58 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: .cnI redruM

I’m not a Rudy supporter but it’s a stretch to get “Rudy Giuliani hints at dropping out” from “The winner of Florida will win the nomination” unless you want to put doubt in the minds of anyone thinking of voting for Rudy. This reporter carrying water for another campaign maybe?


39 posted on 01/28/2008 1:01:03 PM PST by McGruff (I despise McCain more than I like Romney.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Not that I support Rudy, and I really can’t say I care who wins, given the remaining field of RINOs.

But I (very slightl) prefer Rudy to McQuig or Myth because at least Rudy is honest about being a liberal: McQuig lies to himself about being a liberal and Myth lies to us about being a liberal.


40 posted on 01/28/2008 1:01:06 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (At kaki metumtam, Rudy McRomnabee)
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