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Title: New York's GOP Urges Giuliani To Help Them Rebound
Source: Associated Press
URL Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic ... /02/07/national/a105324S71.DTL
Published: Feb 7, 2009
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2009-02-07 14:29:08 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 199
Comments: 2

(02-07) 10:53 PST Albany, N.Y. (AP) --

New York Republicans are completely out of power for the first time in four decades. Democrats rule the executive and legislative branches and hold 26 of the state's 29 congressional seats.

On the fringes of this grim political tableau hovers a larger-than-life figure who won worldwide acclaim after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Rudy Giuliani, considered the GOP's best chance for redemption, has a new nickname: Rudy the Savior.

In a hypothetical contest for governor, a Jan. 27 Marist College poll found 47 percent of New York voters favored the former New York City mayor, compared to 46 percent for incumbent Democratic Gov. David Paterson. Paterson was 10 percentage points ahead in November. And a Siena College poll last week gave Giuliani a 60 percent approval rating — the best he's done since March 2007.

State Republican Chairman Joseph Mondello says he has already talked to Giuliani about running.

"I'm coming away cautiously optimistic," Mondello said. "The conversations I've had with him, and we've had a few, certainly are promising ... he would energize the party."

Giuliani isn't talking. He took a sound beating in his run for the GOP's presidential nomination, and the former mob prosecutor is making millions in his global consulting firm.

But he doesn't have to speak on his own behalf.

"I certainly think there is a groundswell developing among New Yorkers for his kind of leadership in these difficult times," said Randy Mastro, a former deputy mayor to Giuliani. He wouldn't describe his conversations with Giuliani.

The math is clear. Giuliani would do well in the suburbs and upstate, like most Republicans do. Unlike most Republicans, he also would grab a big share of vote-rich New York City, thanks mostly to his Sept. 11 leadership. Paterson, on the other hand, is an unelected governor who rose to power after Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace in March 2007.

Giuliani is considering nonpolitical factors as well, including his five-year-old marriage and his growing business, Giuliani Partners, which advises on security and emergency management.

"But I believe that public service in his soul," Mondello said. "This stuff gets into your blood."

Republicans are looking for signs. This past week, Newsday reported that Giuliani's wife, Judith, sold property in her hometown of Hazleton, Pa., which could signal Giuliani will always be a New Yorker. And he's been all over TV, blasting the Illinois governor's scandal, rebutting Democratic President Barack Obama's fight against large corporate compensation, opining on Fox News and being featured in a political satire special of "Saturday Night Live."

Democrats say Republicans' focus on Giuliani means they're out of new ideas.

"It's not a surprise they are looking for a savior," said Democratic Assemblyman Richard Brodsky of Westchester. "They are desperate."

Giuliani has not always been the party's darling. He sparked hard feelings in 1994 when he endorsed incumbent Democrat Gov. Mario Cuomo, who was ousted that year by Republican George Pataki.

The party has pushed Giuliani for governor for more than a decade and he's said no every time. In 2000, he launched what promised to be a titanic contest against Hillary Rodham Clinton for the U.S. Senate, but dropped out when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Mondello said current Democratic control of government presents an opportunity.

"It's going to be a little difficult blaming the Republican Party for their mistakes," he said.

So far, the mistakes include three Democratic senators who threatened to defect and end the party's majority before it started; resignations amid scandal by Spitzer and Comptroller Alan Hevesi; Paterson's dramatic drop in the polls in January after failing to get the Legislature to cut spending despite historic deficits; and Paterson's bungled, secretive selection process to appoint a U.S. senator, eventually bypassing Caroline Kennedy and choosing Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Republicans say Giuliani would bring order and action. As a prosecutor and mayor, he pursued offenders ranging from annoying "squeegee men" to mobsters, smut on Times Square and the city's once-staggering crime rates. He wasn't always popular for his crusades, but his leadership after the 2001 terror attacks tempered many critics.

But is Giuliani serious about running for governor? Is it a trial balloon? Is it just good for business?

"It can be, as we say in surveys, all of the above," Marist pollster Lee Miringoff said.

"Clearly the state Republican Party statewide has gotten its clock cleaned in the last election cycles, so the idea that there may be a well-known, potential strong candidate comes as welcome news to the New York Republican Party," Miringoff said.

Republican state Sen. Thomas Libous of Broome County said both the party and New York are "in desperate need of leadership."

"I liken the Republican Party as of the Chrysler of the '80s. Maybe the state is in that position, too. Maybe Rudy Giuliani is the Lee Iacocca of our times."

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#1. To: Brian S (#0)

its funny watching evil people go insane as they come to grips with irrelevancy.

lets see, what we did didn't work, so all we need to do to get it to work this time is to add more.

brilliant!

now wheres my popcorn....

if a people will not prosecute officials who subvert and violate the constitution, then the constitution has no authority over officials.

Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius

gengis gandhi  posted on  2009-02-07   14:34:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Brian S (#0)

New York's GOP Urges Giuliani To Help Them Rebound

They're toast.

winston_smith  posted on  2009-02-07   17:54:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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