Giuliani muses on vice president, cabinet

Beverley Wang
Associated Press Writer
January 2, 2008

HOOKSETT, N.H.—Would a Rudy Giuliani administration be populated with a cabinet of Republican rivals and a powerful, all-knowing vice president like Dick Cheney?

Possibly, according to musings Giuliani shared in answers to questions from New Hampshire voters Wednesday evening in Hooksett.

Asked to differentiate himself from Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war and veteran of the U.S. senate, and ahead of him in the polls, Giuliani won chuckles from the audience with his quip: "Primarily, we're two different people."

Giuliani then praised McCain as "a hero and a very good man" before going on to tout his own executive experience as the former mayor of New York. "More often than not the American people seem to prefer people with executive experience for the presidency," he said.

Later, Giuliani pivoted from a question about potential picks for secretary of state to this: "Let me answer with the question of what you would look for in a vice president first -- again without any presumption that I'm going to be the nominee." ... ( read more )

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Giuliani's Latest Dumbass Scare Ad

I imagine the poor folks in Florida will have to endure this crap



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Giuliani Camps Out In New Hampshire As Late-State Strategy Implodes

Thomas B. Edsall
The Huffington Post
January 3, 2008

Bedford, N.H. -- With his "late state strategy" slowly imploding, Rudy Giuliani now plans to campaign full-time from this Friday through next Tuesday's primary in a last ditch drive for a face-saving showing in New Hampshire, where his chances of winning have inexorably eroded over the past four months.

Odds are overwhelming that a Giuliani victory in New Hampshire is beyond reach - he is running 18.8 points behind Mitt Romney and 21.3 points behind John McCain, according to RealClearPolitics.

But even worse for the New York Mayor is the fact that his once-promising chances in Michigan on January 15 and in South Carolina on January19 have turned into long shots -- and even in Florida, whose primary is on January 29, Giuliani's numbers are declining. ... ( read more )


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Giuliani Will Back a 'Surge' in Afghanistan

To Refocus Campaign With New War Strategy

ELI LAKE
Staff Reporter of the Sun
January 2, 2008

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Mayor Giuliani meets with his supporters and staff at his Iowa campaign headquarters on December 29 in Clive. On Thursday January 3, Guiliani ekes out 4 percent of vote

WASHINGTON — Mayor Giuliani will announce a new four-point war strategy in New Hampshire today, an effort to refocus a primary campaign season for Republicans that has centered in recent weeks less on foreign affairs and more on immigration and domestic issues.

Specifically, Mr. Giuliani will call for a new military surge in Afghanistan, a change in the way America's spies are promoted so that officers are rewarded for finding actionable intelligence and not just the number of agents they recruit, and a new war on Al Qaeda's intricate network of Web sites, sites used both to communicate with its agents in the field and to recruit new jihadis. ( read more )

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Who You Callin' a Pervert?

Josh Marshall
TALK POINTS MEMO
January 2, 2008

We told you earlier about the new Rudy Giuliani ad which seems to bring the Rudy reality fully in line with Rudy parody. The ad is basically 'vote for me or it's a big Islamofascist whuppin' comin' your way! In other words, campaign Rudy has now devolved into a primal 9/11, 9/11, 9/11 scream.

But when you actually read the script, there's something even weirder. The announcer reads (italics added) ...

An enemy without borders. Hate without boundaries. A people perverted. A religion betrayed. A nuclear power in chaos. Madmen bent on creating it. Leaders assassinated. Democracy attacked ...

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Old Habits

In a normal season, losing all the early contests would almost certainly end a candidacy.

How the Giuliani method may defeat him.

Elizabeth Kolbert
The Political Scene
The New Yorker
January 7, 2008 issue

Though he is not especially funny, Rudy Giuliani likes to begin with a joke. “Did you know that I’m running for President of the United States?” he asked at a recent house party in Windham, New Hampshire. “Did I tell you that?” His hosts, Al and Patti Letizio, and their friends cheered. “I’m running because I believe that the country needs strong leadership for the future.”

Giuliani advised the Letizios and their neighbors to look at what he calls his Twelve Commitments. In June, also in New Hampshire, he had laid out these commitments, which range from “I will keep America on offense in the Terrorists’ War on Us” (No. 1) to “I will expand America’s involvement in the global economy and strengthen our reputation around the world” (No. 12). Giuliani carries the list on a laminated card the size of a driver’s license; he says that he will keep the card on his desk in the Oval Office. ... ( read more )

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Happy New Year - 2008

2008 is a New Year and at last, the regime of the miserable failure is almost over ... the Bush administration. Best wishes to all who share our desire for a more just and peaceful world. - BocaGuy