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Breaking News: Rudy Giuliani hints at dropping out
LA Times ^ | 28 January 2008 | Andrew Malcolm

Posted on 01/28/2008 12:51:55 PM PST by .cnI redruM

Rudy Giuliani appears to be pondering an end to his long pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination.

In a meeting in the back of his chartered plane en route to St. Petersburg, Fla., a short while ago, the onetime, longtime GOP front-runner told a small group of reporters, including The Times' Louise Roug: "The winner of Florida will win the nomination."

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; byebyejulieannie; elections; fl2008; giuliani; gopprimaries; gungrabbers; julieanni; lib; rino; rinorudy; rudy
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To: .cnI redruM

What I want to know is where in the heck did this guy get the headline because if Rudy said he was dropping out it was written in invisible ink. Rudy has a ton of votes in the box in Florida and huge and enthusiastic crowds. Romney had 150 people yesterday in Clearwater — the seat of the Church of Scientology in florida and who is doing GOTV for Romney — so if they are GOTV that is not a very good turn out when Rudy is getting over a thousand at a stop.


121 posted on 01/28/2008 1:20:18 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Petronski

Imagine a McCain/Giuliani ticket.

Talk about a luke war bucket of horse sweat...


122 posted on 01/28/2008 1:20:28 PM PST by DoughtyOne (< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
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To: counterpunch
The cat was let out of the bag on that one. It was the McCain campaign. Both times.

LOL

Riiiight.

123 posted on 01/28/2008 1:20:31 PM PST by Petronski (I didn't leave the GOP. The GOP left me.)
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To: maine-iac7

He had prostate cancer. That isn’t exactly grandiose plans. In retrospect, it is good he didn’t become a senator, since senators rarely ever win the WH.


124 posted on 01/28/2008 1:21:28 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: presidio9
It would make absolutely zero sense for Giuliani to be hinting at dropping out at this point. He’s in it until the polls close in Florida.

It doesn't matter because his supporters are aware that's what is about to happen anyway. There are numerous reports of Rudy supporters giving up on him in FL and going to McCain or Romney, before Tuesday's results get here.

125 posted on 01/28/2008 1:21:56 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: trisham

For some, I’m sure....


126 posted on 01/28/2008 1:22:08 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: .cnI redruM

Giuliani`s campaign is in deep trouble.

It will be a grand day when Rooty drops out.

The choices left to GOP voters aren’t any better.


127 posted on 01/28/2008 1:22:33 PM PST by Reagan Man (FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
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To: counterpunch
If McCain is elected president, he will switch parties and become a Democrat. He would do it to avoid the serious challenge he would face within the GOP for renomination in 4 years. McCain would move quickly to pump up his Democrat credentials as soon as he takes office.

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Gee. That's an interesting prediction. I confess I don't trust the man at all.

128 posted on 01/28/2008 1:22:39 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Petronski

It was. It’s been verified.
McCain did it and said Fred was going to endorse him.
It was done to boost his own numbers, which is why McCain finished so close behind Fred.
McCain was trying to grab that 3rd ticket out of Iowa out of Fred’s hand.


129 posted on 01/28/2008 1:23:11 PM PST by counterpunch (Mike Huckabee — The Religious Wrong)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

That’s what I’ve been saying. After Rudy does a stop people go and vote. I know local poll workers who said after he left my area they had an influx of votes. Those votes aren’t reflected in the polls.


130 posted on 01/28/2008 1:23:13 PM PST by HelloooClareece ("We make war that we may live in peace". Aristotle)
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To: trisham

He just never seemed all that hungry for the top job.


131 posted on 01/28/2008 1:23:18 PM PST by varina davis
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Rudy got 20 people in Orlando two days ago.


132 posted on 01/28/2008 1:23:19 PM PST by Clemenza (Ronald Reagan was a "Free Traitor", Like Me ;-))
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To: colorado tanker
So, Rudy did spend a lot of time in N.H.?? It says a lot that a Northeastern candidate showed so poorly there.

Yup. His bus was rolling all over the state, and his ads were running on TV.

His ridiculous "America's mayor" message was not well received. And then, like his supposed tax cutting ways while mayor, he completely distorted reality.

133 posted on 01/28/2008 1:23:35 PM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: .cnI redruM
I guess Rudy's supporters "gave him the money for an abortion" of a campaign.

For the irony impaired, that's a reference to Guiliani's quote of "I'd give my daughter the money for it [an abortion]."

134 posted on 01/28/2008 1:23:45 PM PST by Yossarian (Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity...)
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To: .cnI redruM

I think he knows he won’t be VP.


135 posted on 01/28/2008 1:23:58 PM PST by Petronski (I didn't leave the GOP. The GOP left me.)
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To: .cnI redruM

Breaking News: Rudy Giuliani hints at dropping out

Woo-Hoo and Hip-Hip, Hooray!!!! Woo-Hoo and Hip-Hip, Hooray!!!!

136 posted on 01/28/2008 1:24:39 PM PST by Condor51 (I wouldn't vote for Rooty under any circumstance -- even if Waterboarded!)
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To: DoughtyOne
Horse sweat???
137 posted on 01/28/2008 1:25:04 PM PST by Petronski (I didn't leave the GOP. The GOP left me.)
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To: Petronski

The Romney-cultists are in pure hyperdrive.... full BS mode.


138 posted on 01/28/2008 1:25:23 PM PST by Reagan Man (FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
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To: bill1952

What are you basing your argument on then? How many points do you see Guiliani winning Florida by? And how big a margin will he go on to win NY, NJ and CA by?

Polls do swing wildly and do continuously show large numbers of people making their minds up at the last minute (though, strangely, when those people do exactly what the polls say they might and reach a decision at the last minute, everyone says the polls are wrong....)

That’s why it’s sensible to look at a range of polls, look at trends, allow for other factors and not just look at the headline figures. Poll after poll shows Rudy struggling to beat Huckabee for a distant third in California. Trends show his support tanking there, as it’s tanked everywhere else (and in states that have already voted, this has been confirmed by the actual vote).


139 posted on 01/28/2008 1:25:26 PM PST by UKTory
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To: Jim Robinson
......pro-abortion Rudy being routed is a BIG victory for conservatism........

THAT IT IS. NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROTECTING INNOCENT HUMAN LIFE

It is paramount for a Nation to have values worth defending......the sanctity of life is just such a pre-eminent value.

What kind of a democracy would Rooty be defending around the globe?

Abortion worshipper Rooty billed himself as the WOT candidate----yet he would preside over defending and promoting home-grown terrorism on the unborn.

In the last analysis, it was positively nauseating to contemplate Rooty ordering even one brave American soldier into battle to defend his belief in the public financing and government-sanctioned killing of unborn babies.

140 posted on 01/28/2008 1:25:26 PM PST by Liz (Rooty's not getting my guns or the name of my hairdresser.)
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