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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., left, and Congressman Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., center, stand with U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. as she smiles during a news conference in front of ground zero Monday, Jan. 22, 2007 in New York.

Staten Island Advance: Congressman backs Rudy in the White House race

Fossella will serve as liaison to Capitol Hill to lobby for support

Rep. Vito Fossella has thrown his support for president to a familiar face and ally, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

The two Republicans met recently at Giuliani’s request in his New York office to plot conferences with members of Congress who have shown interest or support in his White House bid, said Fossella, a Staten Island and Brooklyn official.

He wants to be able to come and meet members of Congress to take his message here,” Fossella said. “Frankly, I gladly said I would help. Rudy did a great job, and on the whole, he has a great, compelling story to tell.”

The congressman is working with Reps. Peter King of Long Island and Peter Sessions of Texas in acting as a congressional liaison for Giuliani, who sprang to popularity in New York City and nationwide after Sept. 11, when his leadership earned him the nickname “America’s Mayor.”

Fossella, who worked alongside Giuliani when he served as a South Shore city councilman, credited the former mayor with reducing crime. During his tenure, from 1994 to 2001, Giuliani supported a “broken windows” approach to policing, which revolved around targeting petty crime — squeegee men, for example — as a way to prevent future instances of more serious vandalism and violence.

Fossella also lauded Giuliani for paying attention to the Island, whose residents often feel like stepchildren of the bustling city.

“Vito Fossella has a strong record of accomplishment and we are grateful for his support. He is a great addition to our team,” said Mike DuHaime, executive director of Giuliani’s presidential exploratory committee.

Some critics have questioned the seriousness of Giuliani’s presidential ambitions, and New York State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long was quoted as saying he does not believe Giuliani is running. But Fossella said he believes the former mayor is “very serious.”

Of course, the Mayor is SERIOUS.

The campaign continues in New Hampshire with events beginning tomorrow.

The former mayor is delivering the keynote address at the state GOP committee’s annual meeting Saturday in Manchester, an event that officials expect to draw nearly 500 party leaders from around the state. Mr. Giuliani is also venturing up to New Hampshire’s north country tomorrow night to speak to local business leaders at a sold-out Chamber of Commerce dinner in Littleton.

More from the Granite State:

WORKING THE CROWD. A healthy dose of Presidential politicking will surround that state committee meeting.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will get plenty of national coverage as the keynote speaker.

It’s an important stop in an important weekend for Rudy. He arrives Friday night. After a private meeting with Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson, he appears at a sold-out Littleton Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Mount Washington Hotel.

Before the state committee meeting, Giuliani has private meetings planned with two key Manchester Republicans, Guinta and Executive Councilor Ray Wieczorek.

Stay tuned……

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Daily Journal Via AP: Poll: N.J. wants Rudy Giuliani for president

New Jersey voters would like former Republican New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Democratic New York Sen. Hillary Clinton as 2008 presidential candidates.

But they don’t adore Clinton all that much, a new poll released this morning finds.

The Quinnipiac University poll finds New Jersey voters prefer Giuliani over Clinton, and like Arizona Sen. John McCain just as much.

Giuliani leads Clinton 48 percent to 41 percent, while McCain leads Clinton 44 percent to 43 percent, according to the poll.

“It looks like problems with Sen. Hillary Clinton’s new presidential campaign are cropping up close to home,” says Clay F. Richard, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute assistant director.

The Poll is here.

On the Republican side:

— Giuliani leads with 39 percent.

— McCain, 21 percent.

— Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, 11 percent.

— No other Republican tops 5 percent.

REGISTERED REPUBLICANS
Tot     Men     Wom

Giuliani                39%     35%     43%
McCain                  21      22      21
Romney                   5       6       3
Gingrich                11      17       5
Hunter                   1       1       1
Brownback                1       -       1
Thompson                 -       -       -
Gilmore                  1       1       1
Hagel                    1       -       1
Huckabee                 1       2       -
Pataki                   3       3       4
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          1       1       1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         3       3       3
DK/NA                   13       9      17

Mayor Giuliani continues to lead in the polls in state after state. Notably in this poll is that NO other GOP candidate, including Mitt Romney are in double digits except McCain and Gingrich.

So, why are Brownback, Tancredo et. al. bothering?

Could it be Presidential campaign federal matching funds?

On favorability ratings:

New Jersey voters give Clinton a 53 – 38 percent favorability rating.

Giuliani gets a 63 – 24 percent favorability rating.

McCain gets a 52 – 24 percent score.

Sen. Obama gets 41 – 9 percent favorability rating, with 49 percent who haven’t heard enough to form an opinion.

General Election:

3. If the 2008 election for President were being held today and the candidates were Hillary Clinton the Democrat and Rudy Giuliani the Republican, for whom would you vote?

Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom

Clinton                 41%      5%     75%     37%     36%     46%
Giuliani                48      86      19      47      52      44
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          1       -       -       3       2       -
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         2       3       -       1       2       1
DK/NA                    8       6       5      12       7       9

Philly
Urban   SubUrbn ExUrbn  land    Shore

Clinton                 62%     44%     27%     47%     27%
Giuliani                28      46      61      40      61
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          -       1       2       2       1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         1       1       3       -       3
DK/NA                    8       7       8      11       9

Stay tuned…….

 Update:

John McIntyre at Real Clear Politics has a good analysis.

Barring a sizable third party candidate Clinton is not going to carry a single southern state. So from the GOP’s standpoint the ability to put blue states in play fundamentally alters the generic landscape of the general election. McCain would lock down the red states in the Southwest that are trending Democratic (Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada) which combine for 29 electoral votes. Giuliani would seriously put in play the 36 blue electoral votes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. And both McCain and Giuliani would complicate Democratic efforts to hold on to the upper Midwest trio of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa that have been slowly trending toward the GOP.

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