For Californians who follow such things and may be attending the national Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. next weekend (which I had the privilege of co-chairing a few times many years ago while National Chairman of Young Americans for Freedom), Mayor Rudy Guiliani is just reported on Politico to have made the decision to address the CPAC audience on Friday, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. For info on CPAC, go to www.conservative.org. Senator McCain and Guiliani were previously reported as both taking a pass on the CPAC conference. Guiliani’s appearance now appears to be a further indication of his concerted interest in building bridges to movement conservatives. I predict he will get a great welcome, as he did at the California Republican Party convention in Sacramento earlier this month.
February 25th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Thanks for reporting on this Jim.
Humm…if “American’s Mayor” is interested in building bridges with movement conservatives he might have tried showing up to the meeting of the California Republican Assembly members at the CRP convention in Sacramento a couple of weeks ago. I am told he called for the meeting with the CRA members, about 200 of them gathered on Saturday afternoon, then he never showed up even though the CRA folks waited quite some time for him.
I would call that not a good way to “build bridges.”
February 25th, 2007 at 12:00 am
It’s interesting to see our FR writers make their pics — Lacy is a supporter of Giuliani. Of course, this represents a comprimise for the very conservative Lacy.
There is no doubt that Giuliani is an extremely moderate GOPer, and it will be interesting to see what kind of a reception he gets at CPAC – especially on ‘family values’ issues — and his support for amnesty for illegal aliens.
February 25th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Michael Barone recently published a brilliant analysis of a Rudy Giuliani
vs. Hillary Clinton race in 2008. He concluded that Giuliani’s Italian heritage,
and Roman Catholic faith, would give him a 50-50 chance to win states like
New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and even New York.
Senator Clinton would have to play defense in states that Gore and
Kerry could take for granted.
Before he was New York’s mayor, Rudy Giuliani was a Reagan-appointed
US Attorney in New York, where he took on, and struck hammer blows to
the Mafia which still reverberate today. His accomplishments against
Organized crime are unequalled.
A man who could stand up to the Mafia for a decade is a man who could
also deal with international terror and security issues.
Courage is something our country will continue to need in the White House.
Rudy Giuliani has courage by the train car.
Ronald Reagan obviously thought he had courage, or he would not have
handed him such a tough job back in the 1980s.
February 25th, 2007 at 12:00 am
First and foremost, I believe any of the three frontrunners for the GOP nomination can beat Hillary Clinton.
Second, electability is an important issue, but this is not about winning for the sake of winning right?
Republicans had the Presidency and both chambers of Congress, and we saw a 41% increase in federal government spending during that time.
I am not saying that Giuliani, as compared to McCain or Romney, is or isn’t the Republican who will most likely take on the growing federal government — but it is a question worth asking.
I sure wish Mike Der Manouel were running for President. He’d have my support!