Rudy’ ain’t runnin’?
From The New York Times:
Giuliani Is Said to Have Decided Not to Run for Governor
By DANNY HAKIM
Published: November 19, 2009
Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York next year after months of mulling a candidacy, according to people who have been told of the decision.His decision is a blow to many Republican leaders, who had viewed Mr. Giuliani as the strongest potential candidate in a year in which voter anger and anti-Albany sentiment appear to be swelling.
Contenders from both parties have been waiting for months to hear what the former mayor would decide.
It was not clear what prompted the decision, but the prospect of potentially facing Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, who is quietly planning his own run for governor, may not have appealed to Mr. Giuliani, who suffered a bruising defeat in the 2008 Republican presidential primary. While many political analysts believe Mr. Giuliani would have comfortably beaten Gov. David A. Paterson, he would likely have faced an uphill battle against Mr. Cuomo, one of the most popular politicians in the state.
Meet the next governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo.
New York desperately needs elected officials that haven’t been bought by the labor unions (SEIU, ACORN, UFT). Andrew Cuomo (or any Democrat) is probably not that elected official.
New York desperately needs a real Republican party. New York State is said to be going bankrupt as soon as next month.
I left New York for Texas. Voting with my feet was the best thing for me and my family.
Rudy, how about challenging ACORN-owned Kirsten Gillibrand for senate?
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I hope that's not true
aesthete (Diary) Thursday, November 19th at 2:19PM EST (link)Rudy would be great as NY Gov, and has a really weird ability to get the normally conservative-hating populace of NYC on his side. My aunt, a teachers’ union bigwig in the NY level, is very left of center and buys most of the lib talking points, and she absolutely loved him. I don’t see much of a chance for good conservative governance in that state without him in the running.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
unfortunately Rudy doesn't seem to have the hunger
AKSteveB (Diary) Thursday, November 19th at 9:05PM EST (link)for higher political office. He pulled out of a Senate race (admittedly due to prostate cancer, but his campaign was low energy even before that). His Presidential run was lackadaisical , I’ve always suspected that at heart he is the mob busting prosecutor. It was exactly what was called for as NYC mayor and he’d be a fantastic Homeland Security head, but I don’t think you’ll see him run for anything.
Hell is other people – Sartre
US Senate
proudgop (Diary) Thursday, November 19th at 9:29PM EST (link)They say he is more likely run for US Senate seat against Gillibrand
He'd win if he did
AKSteveB (Diary) Friday, November 20th at 8:40PM EST (link)It’s hard to imagine him being happy there though. Junior Senators pretty well shut up and do what they are told.
Hell is other people – Sartre
NYT is full of crap
RealQuiet (Diary) Thursday, November 19th at 2:39PM EST (link)The Campaign Spot over at National Review says a reliable source within the Rudy camp says the NYT article is false. www.campaignspot.nationalreview.com/
There is a question one should always ask him- or herself immediately after reading any New York Times article on any subject whatsoever.
Third Street (Diary) Thursday, November 19th at 3:01PM EST (link)“Hmm, that’s interesting! I wonder if it’s true?”
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” –Wilkins Micawber, “David Copperfield”