President 2012: Rudy Giuliani to Run to Stop a Right Wing Presidential Candidate?
Rudy Giuliani speaking today in Palm Beach, Florida
Former New York Mayor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani left the door open for a 2012 run tonight, saying he’d think about launching another White House bid if it looks the GOP might otherwise pick a nominee who is too right-wing.
Giuliani backed away from his previous suggestion that he’d be more likely to run if Sarah Palin got in the race. He said another potential 2012 GOP candidate, Mitt Romney, should declare the health care plan he championed as governor of Massachusetts was a mistake.
Giuliani spoke for about 90 minutes to a Palm Beach Republican Club crowd of about 200 at The Colony hotel.
During a Q-and-A session, he was asked about his January comments on CNN that he’d be tempted to run if Palin were a candidate. Giuliani called that remark rash. But he said his fears of the GOP choosing a nominee who can’t win a general election might prompt him to run.
If all we are faced with are candidates that are too far right so that they can’t win the general election, then that’s when I’d reconsider doing it, Giuliani said.
Again, there has been no sign from the Bat Cave to former 2008 Presidential campaign staffers. But, Rudy would be a good Vice Presidential pick or campaign surrogate for the GOP in 2012.
And, this will be Rudy’s role next year.
One Comment
Anonymous
Didn’t this guy learn in 2008 in Florida that the USA as a whole is way more conservative than New York State? I give him credit for his accomplishments in NYC, but to say that a Sarah Palin or a John Bolton or a Tim Pawlenty is too conservative to win is fatuous. He’d never win because no one’s gonna vote for a Democrat-Lite when there’s a real Dem in the race and they’re the only two candidates. I sure as hell won’t. I’ll sit out the election before I vote for yet another Democrat claiming to be fiscally responsible. I’m convinced there’s no such thing anymore.