Posted on 01/26/2008 2:17:31 PM PST by FocusNexus
SARASOTA - In a final push to prove Florida is "Rudy country" before the state's GOP primary on Tuesday, Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani told an audience of more than 400 people at Ritz-Carlton that he is the only candidate that can beat Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
"I believe you are going to vote for me," Giuliani said at the the Lincoln Day Dinner for the Republican Party of Sarasota County. "And if you do vote for me and I am the nominee, I'm the Republican that can win in November."
Although Giuliani has yet to come close to winning a statewide contest so far and a new poll this week showed him trailing third in Florida, Giuliani said he has enough support in all 50 states to win the White House and strengthen the Republican power in Washington, D.C.
"One of the main reasons you should make me your candidate is that I can create a 50 state race," Giuliani said. "We will win the presidency and we will give ourselves a fighting chance of winning back the House and the Senate.
But presidential hopefuls McCain, Romney and Huckabee are also campaigning hard throughout the state.
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Wow, how summer of 2007.
But he has to beat Romney, McQueeg and Huck first.
Pipe dreamer ... smoking some ‘wacky tobaccy’ given to him bu his lib/dem friends. He’s already washed what their selling down with that there ‘Lib’ Lemonade.
Rudy and John have the Lib/Dem secret handshake down pat.
Rudolph - Paul has been you.
The large amount of absentees are in. When the absentees went out it was only Rudy in Florida....when they came in it was only Rudy in Florida. So folks if you’ve counted Rudy out...well...
My Dad used to say, about former NYC Mayors, that it was a dead-end job .. and that seems to hold true to this day. No Mayor of NYC has ever advanced past that position. Even Mario Cuomo, who ran for Mayor but lost, went on to become Governor ... had he won the Mayorship then he probably wouldn't have ever become Governor or even entertained a run for Prez.
Oh well .... /babbling nonesense mode off :)
But if either Mitt or McCain wins Florida it will give the winner momentum towards the nomination. And if either Mitt or McCain will be the R nominee, a Hillary win is guaranteed.
So if either Mitt or McCain wins Florida, as is now likely, Hillary can break out the champagne and start selecting her cabinet.
NYC has a larger population, than 39 states in the US — so the responsibility of the Mayor of NYC is larger, than that of governors of 39 states.
Wrong.
Why do ppl think we have to run a democrat to beat a democrat?
McCain can’t win...
Romney can.
Sara laughs, wanders back to bar for another Appletini.
He hasn’t even been able to get past Ron Paul.
Rudy seems to run away from competition. He ran away from hllary in N.Y. He ran away from competing in Iowa, N.H., Nevada & S.C. He must have been expecting a coronation in Fla. Sorry Rudy,you have to compete.
Uphill battle? No. The battle’s over for Rudy. Rudy couldn’t beat a rug with a rug beater — let alone Hitlery.
Rudy couldn’t beat Hillary and Obama, but he needn’t worry about it. He won’t get that far. Rudy was under the false impression that his celebrity as New York’s mayor was all he needed to carry him to victory in the primaries. Just when it mattered, the media dug up McCain again, and Rudy’s celebrity didn’t count for squat.
Hillary will never be the president of the U S A.
I decree it and it shall be established.
In Jesus Name, Amen
You are delusional.
That's hardly a fair opinion. Unlike a state, Rudy's NYC got to leach off of the rest of the state.
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