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Will Rudy Run?

By W. James Antle, III on 8.25.09 @ 2:12PM

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani spent almost a year atop national polls of registered Republicans but as 2007 turned into 2008, his presidential campaign imploded. Now he is taking a serious look at running for governor of New York. Giuliani would be the favorite against the Democratic incumbent, David Paterson, but there is a strong possibility that Andrew Cuomo or another Democrat will get to Paterson first. It will be interesting to see whether Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign has much impact on his standing in New York and whether he has to move to the left again on some social issues where he crept ever so slightly rightward on the national scene.

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Spicy Joker| 8.25.09 @ 3:42PM

Rudy Giuliani would fail to motivate the conservative base and would lose big to Andrew Cuomo.

Tim| 8.25.09 @ 4:17PM

If you can't run a campaign how can you run New York State?

Red Phillips| 8.25.09 @ 4:32PM

Rudy's obnoxious hawkishness would haunt him, not the social issues.

Sean| 8.25.09 @ 4:38PM

If your a liberal Republican John Cornyn from Texas will probably hold a fundraiser for you against your conservative opponent.

SoCon| 8.25.09 @ 5:01PM

You're nuts, Red-- pro-lifers (including me!) will attack this fool. We'll tear him up. Rudy supports partial birth abortion--no way he'll EVER be the Repub nominee!

Bet on it.

SoCon| 8.25.09 @ 5:32PM

Oops! I meant our Presidential nominee.

Red Phillips| 8.25.09 @ 5:57PM

SoCon, I never suggested that Rudy would ever be the Republican Presidential nominee. In fact, during the primary when a lot of conservatives who should have known better were endorsing Romney in response to anybody but Rudy hysteria, I said there was no way Rudy was going to win the nomination.

I meant that his hawkishness will cost him more in the general election in liberal NY than will any minor shifts he made to the right on social issues in the Presidential campaign.

Excelsior| 8.25.09 @ 10:09PM

Pataki put 4 justices on the court.

Does that mean anything to you?

Excelsior| 8.25.09 @ 10:12PM

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36000.html

19.5 million people. The question is not: Should you run? The question is: What happens if you don't run?

NYS will lose a congressional seat in the 2010 census. Who will draw the new lines?

Excelsior| 8.25.09 @ 10:49PM

Cuomo has brought a respectful, measured operation to the AG's office. But his name is an albatross. His father won the governorship by only winning the 5 boroughs and Albany county. Remember Bobby Abrams? God help us! Get elected and keep him in the AG job.

Reagan won New York handily. He won New Jersey, too. Senator Bradley co-sponsored his 1986 tax reform law.

New York is VERY, VERY conservative outside of NYC. Get in your car, start in Monroe and drive up NYS 208 to Albany. See it yourself.

Pussyfooting around is not going to get you there. It won't get you a senate seat, and it won't get you into the White House. Indecisiveness is for losers. If you run as Reagan, you win.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu.....?pid=41488

Clinton knew what he wanted and he said it. Over and over. G.H.W. Bush looked at his watch.

Obama had the same fire, and the people saw it. Throw your hat in the ring. Get the support of D'Amato. Then study up: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu.....?year=1981

martin j smith| 8.26.09 @ 10:31AM

I like Giuliani but his campaign in this past election was lackluster at best. If he ran against Andrew Cuomo it would a rough campaign . Giuliani would be the definite underdog. But, if he took some insure and became energized around economic issues and other areas such as healthcare you never know. He might win on Obama's torn coatails.