Giuliani Downplays Dem Victory, Claims Midterms Were "Real Close"
This is a good one. Rudy Giuliani, who's preparing to decide whether he'll seek the GOP Presidential nomination in 2008, is downplaying the Dem victory in the midterms and claiming the election was very close, the Associated Press is reporting:
Former New York mayor and possible 2008 presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani has downplayed the Democrats' US election sweep of last week, describing the outcome as "real close.""I don't see this election, any more than the one two years ago or the one four years ago, as a defining election," the New York Times quoted Giuliani as saying over the weekend in a speech at Pennsylvania's Wilkes University.
Giuliani, who's looking to persuade GOP primary voters that his social liberalism shouldn't disqualify him from earning the party's nomination, aggressively campaigned and raised money on behalf of some two dozen Republican candidates, according to the New York Times, which originally broke the story of Giuliani's comments today. Most of those candidates lost.
Why is there a link that says "Read More" when there's nothing more to read?
November 13, 2006 12:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
that's a very good question, Ron. It's something we're working on. Thanks...
November 13, 2006 2:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let's find some really socially conservative candidates who lost and ask Giuliani why he supported them in the first place since their views are so different.
Regardless, campaigning for social conservatives isn't going to get him any votes in the GOP primary from actual social conservatives. They may not like McCain, but at least he votes with the social conservatives on all of the issues they care about (pro-torture, anti-abortion, anti-gay).
November 13, 2006 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink