President 2012: Will Rudy Giuliani Run for President?

I don’t think Rudy will pull the trigger but with him, you never know.

Four years ago, Giuliani was the national frontrunner. That luster fizzled as Giuliani campaigned in fits and starts in the early states then abandoned them for Florida, his make-or-break primary. It broke him.

In recent weeks, Giuliani and his allies have quietly been talking to activists to see just how much damage he dealt himself among the political class who view their first-in-the-nation role as sacred. Giuliani has scheduled a visit to New Hampshire in March and has hinted he may seek the nomination again if his party appears poised to nominate someone he views as too extreme, such as Sarah Palin or Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota.

Rudy views Mitt Romney as a slick light-weight, does not like him personally, considers him a holier than thou POL and refused to go negative against John McCain (his friend) in New Hampshire in 2008 so that anybody could stop Mitt from winning. Rudy miscalculated.

He thought he could beat McCain in Florida and the later primaries, like California. Then, Florida Governor Charlie Crist double-crossed Rudy and endorsed McCain – at the time Crist was still a Republican and popular. Giuliani lost Florida and promptly withdrew from the race, endorsing eventual nominee John McCain.

There has been “no signal from the bat cave” to former Giuliani staffers, so a run for President is unlikely.

But, as I said, you never know and he certainly would make a better President than Mitt Romney et. al..