NYDN: Giuliani Will Run for Senate... then President

[babylonsister]

http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/11/19/151418/93

NYDN: Giuliani Will Run for Senate... then President
by Jonathan Singer, Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 03:14:18 PM EST


FWIW.

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor next - but will run for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News.

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If elected, the source said, he would use that as a stepping stone to run for President in 2012 - and would not run for re-election to the Senate. A Giuliani spokeswoman downplayed the reports.

The polling on the race suggests that this could be a genuine possibility, with Rudy Giuliani leading Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gilibrand by a 51 percent to 40 percent margin in recent Marist polling and a 53 percent to 36 percent margin in recent Siena (.pdf) polling. What's more, considering that Giuliani isn't going to beat Andrew Cuomo, who many believe will end up being the Democrats' gubernatorial nominee, a decision to run for the Senate rather than for Governor makes sense on another level.

Then again, New Yorkers are going to vote for a Senator they know is going to immediately turn around and run for President, a Senator who would almost undoubtedly be an absentee legislator spending more time on the hustings in Iowa than in the halls of Congress? Hard to imagine.

To add... Do remember this: Giuliani hasn't found a big race he hasn't been willing to pull out of for some time. In 2008, Giuliani pulled out of Iowa. He then effectively pulled out of New Hampshire. Long before that he pulled out of the 2000 Senate campaign in New York against Hillary Clinton. Not exactly a track record of being able to withstand the rigor of a genuine campaign.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. He can run all he wants. Winning is the unlikely part.

Thank goodness.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Maybe Berni Kerik will be out of prison in time to be on the ticket!

:rofl:

[undeterred]

3. The Quitter Platform: Giuliani -Palin

They'll drop out together.

[spanone]

4. palin / giuliani / beck / hannity / bachmann what a party

[Stevenmarc]

5. Giuliani pulled out of Iowa.... Hell he pulled out of his cousin too.

[thatsrightimirish]

6. this is amazing

So he only wants a Senate seat for two years and in those two years he is going to be in Iowa and New Hampshire (mostly Florida) the whole time? It really doesn't make any sense. It's Rudy Guiliani!

[Happyhippychick]

7. 9ui11ani got ONE delegate. It cost $50 million. This should be good.

[Historic NY]

8. Not to forget he still is a prostate cancer candidate....still being treated.

[kskiska]

9. Lest we forget…

Judi the puppy killer


and Rudi the Rockette

[UTUSN]

10. Let me be the first to K&R #1 for BWAH-HAH!1 n/t

[UTUSN]

11. Of what part of SNL?1 n/t

[bertman]

12. Couldn't ask for better news than that. Thank you, Dawg in heaven.

[bullwinkle428]

13. Look, Rudy...2008 could not have been a better potential scenario for your

presidential aspirations, and you got your ass handed to you by a bunch of scrub also-rans!!