• Donald Trump,  Michele Bachmann,  Mike Huckabee,  Mitt Romney,  Newt Gingrich,  Polling,  President 2012,  Rudy Giuliani,  Sarah Palin

    President 2012 Iowa GOP Poll Watch: Huckabee 18% Romney 17% Gingrich 12% Trump 10% Bachmann 9% Giuliani 8% Palin 4%

    April 20, 2011 /

    According to the latest ARG Iowa Poll.

    Interesting to me is how well Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani do in relation to Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann who is a native Iowan.

    But, polling in Iowa is tough because it is a caucus state and not a primary election.

    Mike Huckabee won Iowa in 2008 and continues to lead the race. Will we have a repeat race between Huck and Romney or will Mitt concede Iowa and concentrate on Florida?

  • President 2012,  Rudy Giuliani

    President 2012: If the GOP Field is Weak, I will “Probably” Run – Rudy Stop It

    April 4, 2011 /

    New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, second from left, and Rudy Giuliani, center, joins Nick Swisher, lower right, in congratulating Eric Chavez (12) on his second-inning solo home run off Houston Astros starting pitcher Nelson Figueroa in their spring training baseball game at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., Friday, March 25, 2011

    Rudy, we heard you before.

    Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani sounded more serious than ever this weekend about jumping into the 2012 presidential pool.

    During a visit to the University of Arkansas, Giuliani said he’d “probably” join the growing list of contenders if no candidate emerges whom he would deem electable.

    “My concern about 2012 is—because I’m a Republican—to make sure that the Republican Party fields a candidate that can win,” he said. “And if I think that I can help by being a candidate, then that would probably persuade me to do it. But if I can help by supporting another candidate, then I’d probably do that.”

    Rudy, we all love you, but don’t become the boy who cried wolf and become irrelevant.

    So, stop it.

  • Polling,  President 2012,  Rudy Giuliani

    President 2012 Poll Watch: Rudy Giuliani the Best GOP Chance to Beat Obama?

    March 28, 2011 /

    New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, second from left, and Rudy Giuliani, center, joins Nick Swisher, lower right, in congratulating Eric Chavez (12) on his second-inning solo home run off Houston Astros starting pitcher Nelson Figueroa in their spring training baseball game at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., Friday, March 25, 2011

    According to the latest Harris Poll:

    Taking the same list of 11 potential Republican nominees and pitting them against President Obama shows some interesting results. While he only garners 8% of overall adults and just 7% of Republicans in the primary field, Rudy Giuliani is the only candidate on the list who edges out President Obama in a head to head match-up, 51% to 49%. The next two Republicans make it a close race but President Obama edges out Mitt Romney (51% to 49%) and Mike Huckabee (52% to 48%).

    Among the next tier of candidates, it’s anywhere from a 10 point margin (Trump 45%/Obama 55%) to 12 point margin (Gingrich, Daniels and Pawlenty 44% versus Obama 56%) to a 14 point margin (Santorum 43%/Obama 57%). The third tier of candidates would be a relief for the current White House as President Obama is ahead by 16 points on Sarah Palin (58% vs. 42%) and 18 points ahead of Haley Barbour and Michele Bachmann (59% vs. 41%).

    One problem – look at the photo above and tell me where America’s Mayor would rather be?

    No, Rudy Giuliani will NOT be a candidate for President in 2012 although he would be a great general election candidate. He would give President Obama a run for his money.

    Interesting too is the fact that Mitt Romney is so thin-skinned that he has one of his minions writing how horribly Rudy ran his campaign in 2008.

    Candidates who do best in New Hampshire are those who campaign in the traditional way, making themselves available to primary voters at party events, town hall meetings and house parties. That’s what Romney did, and how he earned a second chance. Newcomers Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum have already spent more time campaigning among the grassroots than Giuliani did.

    Most of us know the experience of having had a bad first date. Usually both participants recognize it didn’t work out, but sometimes the guy doesn’t get the message, calls again, and needs to be told bluntly: Sorry, Rudy. You had your chance, and much as we respect your resume, we’re just not interested in going out again.

    I guess, Rudy travels to New Hampshire, threatens Romney, polls well and then the knives come out.

    Gee, maybe Rudy should reconsider running – just to piss off Mitt Romney. He certainly would make a better President.

  • President 2012,  Rudy Giuliani

    President 2012: Rudy Giuliani to Run to Stop a Right Wing Presidential Candidate?

    March 23, 2011 /


    Rudy Giuliani speaking today in Palm Beach, Florida

    I doubt it.

    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.

  • Barack Obama,  Ground Zero Mosque,  Rudy Giuliani

    Video: Rudy Giuliani Rips Ground Zero Mosque Imam

    August 19, 2010 /

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    Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on this morning’s Today Show

    Now, we all knew that Rudy would not stay silent on this Mosque FLAP.

    Rudy Giuliani ripped the head of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero on Thursday for “selling sensitivity” but not showing any to still-grieving 9/11 families.

    Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is “creating this vicious, sort of angry battle that’s going on” by insisting on building downtown, the former mayor said on NBC’s “Today” show.

    If Rauf is truly serious about healing, Giuliani said, then he wouldn’t push for a project that will cause relatives of the Sept. 11 attack victims “tremendous pain.”

    “All you’re doing is creating more division, more anger, more hatred,” he said. “I know some people who are crying over this.”

    Giuliani, who was mayor during the 9/11 attacks, has already come out against the proposed center, putting him at odds with Mayor Bloomberg and President Obama – both of whom have said the developer has a right to build the facility on the property.

    And, again, Rudy is RIGHT.

  • Barack Obama,  David Paterson,  Rudy Giuliani

    Obama Fumbles: David Paterson Still Running for New York Governor

    September 20, 2009 /

    Makes one wonder if Obama’s political shop has collapsed.

    Gov. David A. Paterson defiantly vowed to run for election next year despite the White House‘s urging that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race.

    Appearing tired and agitated at a parade in Harlem on Sunday, the governor told a crowd of reporters that he would not abandon his campaign to seek a full term.

    “I have said time and time again that I am running for governor next year,” he said at the 40th annual African-American Day Parade.

    Mr. Paterson would not characterize what he was told by the White House, saying that he would not “discuss confidential conversations.”

    “I’m not talking about any specific conversations,” he said. “As I said, I am running for office.”

    President Obama had sent a request to Mr. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, fearing that Mr. Paterson cannot recover from his dismal political standing, according to two senior administration officials and a New York Democratic operative with direct knowledge of the situation.

    The decision to ask Mr. Paterson to step aside was proposed by political advisers to Mr. Obama, but approved by the president himself, one of the administration officials said.

    “Is there concern about the situation in New York? Absolutely,” the second administration official said Saturday evening. “Has that concern been conveyed to the governor? Yes.”

    The administration officials and the Democratic operative spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions with the governor were intended to be confidential.

    The president’s request was conveyed to the Mr. Paterson by Representative Gregory W. Meeks, a Queens Democrat, who has developed a strong relationship with the Obama administration, they said.

    Obama, Rahm and Axelrod know that Paterson will not beat former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. But, they have fumbled the delicate balance of forcing out Paterson and giving him a face saving prize to clear the field for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

    Maybe it was the resentment of the Caroline Kennedy – Hillary Clinton mess.

    Who knows?

    But, Paterson is so far down in the polls Rudy Giuliani will be an easy winner and the New York GOP WILL make a come back.

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    Poll Watch: Rudy Giuliani Gearing Up for New York Governor’s Race?

    August 25, 2009 /

    Maria Comella, Deputy Communications Director of Rudy Giuliani for President on the right and Rudy Giuliani in Santa Barbara, California September 27, 2007. Photo By Flap

    Indeed he is.

    Nineteen months after ending his disastrous run for the presidency, Rudolph W. Giuliani is clearing a path for a possible race for governor in 2010, believing public anger at an ineffectual Albany and unease over the economy could create ideal conditions for a Republican to reclaim the governor’s mansion.

    Mr. Giuliani has told associates that he will decide on a candidacy within 30 to 60 days, as he weighs whether he can be elected statewide and what impact another campaign would have on his business interests.

    He is already laying the groundwork. On Friday he traveled to Long Island to encourage the state Republican Party chairman, Joseph N. Mondello, to step aside, a maneuver that party insiders viewed as the former mayor’s most concrete step yet toward a run.

    On Monday, Mr. Mondello announced his resignation, and Mr. Giuliani’s lieutenants were working the phones to drum up support for the replacement they prefer, the Niagara County Republican chairman, Henry F. Wojtaszek, a longtime supporter of Mr. Giuliani’s.

    Mr. Giuliani’s efforts to sound out party leaders about a candidacy have also intensified. He has crisscrossed the state meeting with local officials; after a motivational speech to a paying audience in Buffalo last Tuesday, he met with local Republican leaders in a private meeting room to talk about the race. In recent weeks, he has also discussed his possible candidacy with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and met in Washington with Representative Peter T. King, a Republican who has considered running himself but said he would not if Mr. Giuliani became a candidate.

    I think Rudy is good to go weather incumbent New York Governor David Paterson runs or withdraws. Probably only Obama could persuade the poll challenged Paterson NOT to run.

    Rudy will win going away with the current economic condition in New York and will have to be considered again for a national ticket position either as President, Vice President or as Attorney General.

    What Flap wants to see is how quickly will GOP celebrities flock to do fundraising for the former New York City Mayor?

    Here are the polls:

    And, the one in a hypothetical Andrew Cuomo race:

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    Rudy Giuliani Gearing Up for New York Governor’s Race?

    August 25, 2009 /

    Maria Comella, Deputy Communications Director of Rudy Giuliani for President on the right and Rudy Giuliani in Santa Barbara, California September 27, 2007. Photo By Flap

    Indeed he is.

    Nineteen months after ending his disastrous run for the presidency, Rudolph W. Giuliani is clearing a path for a possible race for governor in 2010, believing public anger at an ineffectual Albany and unease over the economy could create ideal conditions for a Republican to reclaim the governor’s mansion.

    Mr. Giuliani has told associates that he will decide on a candidacy within 30 to 60 days, as he weighs whether he can be elected statewide and what impact another campaign would have on his business interests.

    He is already laying the groundwork. On Friday he traveled to Long Island to encourage the state Republican Party chairman, Joseph N. Mondello, to step aside, a maneuver that party insiders viewed as the former mayor’s most concrete step yet toward a run.

    On Monday, Mr. Mondello announced his resignation, and Mr. Giuliani’s lieutenants were working the phones to drum up support for the replacement they prefer, the Niagara County Republican chairman, Henry F. Wojtaszek, a longtime supporter of Mr. Giuliani’s.

    Mr. Giuliani’s efforts to sound out party leaders about a candidacy have also intensified. He has crisscrossed the state meeting with local officials; after a motivational speech to a paying audience in Buffalo last Tuesday, he met with local Republican leaders in a private meeting room to talk about the race. In recent weeks, he has also discussed his possible candidacy with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and met in Washington with Representative Peter T. King, a Republican who has considered running himself but said he would not if Mr. Giuliani became a candidate.

    I think Rudy is good to go weather incumbent New York Governor David Paterson runs or withdraws. Probably only Obama could persuade the poll challenged Paterson NOT to run.

    Rudy will win going away with the current economic condition in New York and will have to be considered again for a national ticket position either as President, Vice President or as Attorney General.

    What Flap wants to see is how quickly will GOP celebrities flock to do fundraising for the former New York City Mayor?

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