Giuliani Gearing Up for Presidential Run?
Confident that he’d have a chance to win, Rudy Giuliani is rounding up his top political advisers for a possible 2012 presidential run, sources tell the post’s Page Six.
Sources say the tough-talking former mayor “thinks the Republican race will be populated with far-right candidates like Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee, and there’s opportunity for a moderate candidate with a background in national security.”
Giuliani has even scheduled a trip to New Hampshire for next month to meet with constituents in the state that failed him in January 2008, when he placed fourth in the Republican presidential primary.
The problem is that even Rudy loyalists think it’s a bad idea. “They think this is crazy,” a source said. “They realize how long the odds are, but they are standing by.”
Some insiders say it’s a way for Giuliani to stay relevant. “He’s not doing all these morning talk shows because he enjoys the conversation, it is because he wants to stay in the game,” one said.
“He has previously said he would not run again, but he wants us to think he will,” a different source said. “He’s not being talked about among the Republican contenders, and his ego can’t take that.”
Others say that Giuliani is positioning himself as a Republican nominee hopeful to leverage a cabinet position, or even a nomination for vice president because his previously lucrative business has slowed.
“Nobody is paying $100,000 to hear the same warmed-over 9/11 speech. His speaking fees have dropped as well as his consulting fees,” a source told us.
But former Giuliani chief of staff Tony Carbonetti told us, “His business is doing well. He’s doing a number of speaking engagements in Scotland, Colombia and France in the past six weeks. The Washington Speakers Bureau fee hasn’t gone down.
”[Rudy’s law firm] Bracewell & Giuliani is one of the top 100 firms in the country. As for his political future, he’ll make the decision as to if he thinks he will play an effective role in the political process.” A rep for Giuliani didn’t get back to us.
AH
I wish Rudy well; he did an amazing job as mayor of New York City, certainly a lot better than his successor, and he’d no doubt make a fine president, certainly a lot better than the current holder of that office.
With that said, though, considering (a) how badly his presidential run in ’08 imploded, (b) the fact that he’s been largely out of the public eye for a while now, and (c) the fact that his accomplishments, by the time 2012 rolls around, will be over a decade in the past – realistically, how much of a chance is he going to have?
Abe
Giullani took the creadit for other peoples work…if you do the research most of the improvements done under his term were only done because individuals knew that they had to be done. Mitt Romney should be the presidential candidate and the research can prove it..please make an informed decision not just because you think someone can be a good candidate,
ceo
I’d rather have him for Mayor, but I would almost certainly vote for him for anything
GO GUILIANI!!
Really hope he runs, wins, and cleans this country like he cleaned this city!
With Guiliani as president – no one anywhere will be building nuclear bombs and telling stories.
Good Luck
You got to hope that the entire internet (especialy youtube) wont trash him like they did during his first run.
NYC resident
Our current president was a simple “lawmaker” and he had no past experience to prove his insanness.
Guiliani who ran a city with over 100000 employees has proven to be capable.
Mandy
Rudy is not going anywhere. But I would suggest he make Sheya Hecht and Chanina Sperlin ambassadors to some foreign nation.
Milhouse
Giuliani is a bully, a thoroughly mean person, and can’t be trusted with power.
To #8
Milhouse, you’re supposedly talking about Giuliani, but your description better matches yourself (or at least your online persona). Kol haposel bemumo posel…
To #1 - Try Again.
Most people had never heard of Obama before he ran and almost no-one knew of any ‘accomplishments’ of his.