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Giuliani Takes First Step Towards Presidential Run
Rudy Giuliani has just taken a first step towards a Presidential run, filing papers to set up an exploratory committee to raise money for a White House bid, the Associated Press has just reported:
The former mayor filed papers to create the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee, Inc., establishing a panel that would allow him to raise money for a White House run and travel the country.The four-page filing, obtained by The Associated Press, lists the purpose of the non-profit corporation "to conduct federal 'testing the waters' activity under the Federal Election Campaign Act for Rudy Giuliani."
John McCain, who has already been designated by D.C. pundits as the chief competitor with Giuliani for the designation as leading "independent" and "maverick" GOP presidential candidate, is set to file papers for his exploratory committee this week. Looks like Giuliani beat him to it.
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Maybe Giuliani will move the GOP to the center--heck, I'd be happy if he moved them to the right (of mainstream). But I can't help recalling some guy named Kerik.
November 13, 2006 6:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can he find Karachi or La Paz on a map?
And if so, maybe he will be disqualified from nomination as an elitist.
global citizen
November 13, 2006 7:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't understand this. Won't the people around him tell him that his primary opponents will eat him alive? This is not going to be pretty.
November 13, 2006 7:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Before the GOP lost in the midterms, I doubt that Giuliani would have considered a run for the Presidency. But times have changed and by the primaries, the GOP may be much more willing to win with a less hard-line candidate. It certainly will offer Republican voters a choice between the staunch conservative McCain and a much more liberal pragmatist like Giuliani.
The 2008 primary should be exciting.
November 13, 2006 11:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
If Rudy thinks his rivals in the GOP primary will be doormats like David Dinkins, he is in for a very rude surprise.
November 14, 2006 8:52 AM | Reply | Permalink