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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaking of "the kind of president I will want to be," rallied California Republicans on Saturday with praise for President Bush and a declaration that victory over terrorism is "the great moral issue of our time." Giuliani, who earned renown for his leadership after the World Trade Center attacks, drew cheers from delegates at the California Republican Party convention by evoking the courage of rescue workers on Sept. 11, 2001, and calling for new resolve in the war on terrorism. Giuliani never formally announced he was running for president, yet concluded...

Following is a transcript of Mayor Giuliani’s address today to the SC GOP’s executive committee in Columbia, South Carolina, with regard to the mayor’s judicial philosophy: "On the Federal judiciary I would want judges who are strict constructionists because I am. I’m a lawyer. I’ve argued cases in the Supreme Court. I’ve argued cases in the Court of Appeals in different parts of the country. I have a very, very strong view that for this country to work, for our freedoms to be protected, judges have to interpret not invent the Constitution. Otherwise you end up, when judges invent the...

Rudy and the Republican Nomination New York, Feb 2 - To: Team Rudy From: Brent Seaborn, Strategy Director Date: February 2, 2007 Re: Rudy and the Republican Nomination Over the last month or two there has been a good deal of public opinion polling on the 2008 Republican primary race. I thought it would be helpful to take a step back and take a closer look at how voters – particularly Republican primary voters – feel about Rudy Giuliani and why we think we are well-positioned heading in to the primary season. Americans Have a Highly Favorable Opinion of Mayor...

B>Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani has described seeing the horror of the 9/11 attacks on the city's twin towers. He told the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui that he was unwilling to believe people were jumping from the buildings until he saw it with his own eyes. The jury has to decide whether the self-confessed al-Qaeda member should be executed. Mr Giuliani is testifying for the prosecution. The court will also hear from relatives of some of those killed in the attacks. Mr Giuliani told the jury the image of two people jumping together from the World Trade Center, holding...