Posted on 05/05/2006 6:23:42 AM PDT by areafiftyone
President Bush is lending Rudolph Giuliani some big-money muscle for his potential presidential bid.
When Mr. Giuliani traveled through Iowa on a scouting trip Monday, reporters didn't recognize the woman at his side, Anne Dickerson, who was on her first road trip since discreetly becoming Mr. Giuliani's lead fund-raiser a few weeks ago.
(The hiring of Ms. Dickerson was first reported on The New York Sun Web site yesterday.)
Ms. Dickerson rose to prominence during the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign, when she wrangled Texas-size cash from donors. Sources said the White House signed off on her role as Mr. Giuliani's presidential cashier.
Mr. Giuliani and Ms. Dickerson will be raising money on the road again next week in battleground Michigan and must-win Ohio. Their goal is to raise $200,000 by June 13, when Mr. Giuliani holds a cocktail fund-raiser at the Four Seasons Restaurant in Manhattan. It's the first time America's Mayor has passed the hat since he earned the unofficial title.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
In helping out the whole spectrum of Republicans, W may be heading off a 3rd party effort by certain malcontents.
"President Bush is lending Rudolph Giuliani some big-money muscle for his potential presidential bid.
What's up with this, should it be considered a early endorsement for Guiliani? RHINO isn't he?
both RINO's if the truth be known.
you want a tough on defense Rhino or a democrat?
tough...like Bush who alows our border to leak, who know what!
I like the idea of him as VP. Coburn/Giuliani or an Allen/Giuliani ticket wouldn't be as bad as some of the alternatives (Hitlery/McCain). The most important thing the next 5-10 years will be 2-3 more supreme court nominations. We cannot afford to let the Dims have those.
Sounds like the author's opinion, nothing else. Think about it. Bush knows politics. He would not be so foolish as to ignore all the Republicans up for election in five months so he can help a potential (likely, even!) presidential campaign in two years. Dubya and friends are tapping into Giuliani's popularity, to raise money for 2006 races. Smart move, IMHO.
And yet another chip Rudy will have in his pocket when he starts calling in favors.
Since you've got all the answers, go seal the borders and quit whining.
DEFINITELY NOT a democrat, want a Conservative Republican!
Surely there's one or two left to run for President!
Guiliani should NOT be the only choice.
Oh great..
Another RINO approved by G.W.
It doesn't matter which viper bites you. They are the same.
Me - conservative to the core...
Now - why I like Guiliani.
I want a President who is tough on defense - tough on crime - will allow the people to keep their own money.
I am sick and tired of Republicans wanting the government to intervene in our personal lives. Get the heck out of my house and quit telling me what personal decisions I am allowed to make and not make.
Every time I see someone object to Rudy - it's because he is pro-choice, or pro gay rights. Shut up.
The man shut down the mafia, he made New York a safe city - he is tough - tough - tough.
I say go Rudy - come one - let's have a good old political debate and may the man with the most votes win.
I don't see anyone here calling Reagan "Renaldo"--oh, but he didn't sign an amnesty bill into law, right...uh, right...?
It's not everyone at all. It's a relative minority, but they go from thread to thread, no matter the subject. Someone here dubbed them border trolls. :-)
I am pro-life, but I don't see Roe changing by anything any president does; SCOTUS, sure.
But in this era of the WOT, I want a warrior as President. Someone who talks tough on abortion and the issue of the day--in this case immigration, which he will push aside when he gets into office and it falls off the radar--is an instant in with the "Jorge" crowd here, but life isn't so simplistic.
The President deserves lots fo criticism--that's fine. But the pure, unadulterated disloyalty here, with the silly name-calling, is getting ridiculous. This party is careening toward sending a complete, total non-started of the Buchanan stripe into the '08 election.
We DON'T need some mealy-mouthed centrist, or a RINO; conservative Republicans win Presidential elections. But of my choice is between a loudmouth who scares the crap out of people and swings the election to HRC, or Giuliani, who's got a record no one on THIS or any forum can stand up to--from crime to the WOT, where he, not the President (through no fault of his own) was the first leader on the battlefield--I'll take Giuliani.
If Rudy runs he has my vote in the primaries. Of course I will vote for whomever wins the Republican nomination. I am sick and tired of these wimpy pansy Senators.
And I go from thread to thread trolling back at em, which makes me a border troll troll, I guess.
Guiliani - Rice versus Hillary - Powell in 2008?
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