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Rudy Giuliani Endorses Romney, Rules Out VP Job

Kevin Spak — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:32:21 CDT

Rudy Giuliani officially endorsed Mitt Romney in a Fox News appearance today, putting aside any lingering animosity from their 2008 contest—and his longstanding friendship with Newt Gingrich. Giuliani had spoken glowingly of Gingrich earlier in the campaign, and says he would have endorsed him if he'd run a better...

GOP Voters to Palin: Don't Run

Rob Quinn — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:18:24 CDT

Sarah Palin is leaving the door open for a presidential run —but most Republican voters want that door slammed shut, according to the latest McClatchy-Marist poll . More than 70% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters don't want Palin to run for the presidency, the poll found. If Palin and Rudy Giuliani...

Rumsfeld: Terrorists Didn't Shut Pentagon

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:50:30 CDT

As bells tolled today at Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and in a Pennsylvania field, politicians gathered on the Sunday talk shows to offer up their memories and interpretations of 9/11. “It was clear they had hit the seat of economic power in New York and the seat of military power...

Giuliani to GOP: 'Get Out of People's Bedrooms'

Kevin Spak — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:44:48 CDT

Rudy Giuliani caused a stir yesterday when he told Candy Crowley that the GOP should stop focusing on gay marriage. "I think the Republican Party would be well advised to get the heck out of people's bedrooms and let these things get decided by states," he said in the CNN...

Giuliani Expects More GOP Candidates

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:00:05 CDT

Rudy Giuliani says it's not too late to join the Republican presidential race. The former New York City mayor is predicting that two or three more candidates probably will jump into the race. While he won't say whether he might be one of them, he expects to decide by the...

Bloomberg Will Officiate Gay Wedding of 2 Aides

Matt Cantor — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:23:42 CDT

Michael Bloomberg isn’t wasting any time celebrating New York’s new marriage law. The day gay marriage becomes legal in the state, the mayor will officiate at the wedding of two city officials, NBC New York reports. Bloomberg will unite his chief policy adviser (John Feinblatt) and the city’s consumer affairs...

Hooray for a Chaotic Primary

Matt Cantor — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:58:38 CDT

Hey, pundits: Quit moaning about the lack of a clear GOP field for 2012. It’s shifting and twisting every day, and that’s “good for the Republican party, good for the conservative cause, and good for the country,” writes William Kristol in the Weekly Standard . Sure, Newt Gingrich might drop out;...

William Kristol: Rudy Giuliani Will Run

Rob Quinn — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:21:05 CDT

Rudy Giuliani is getting ready to enter the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, who cites "two reliable sources." The deep-pocketed former mayor of New York City has learned some lessons from his disastrous 2008 bid, when he withdrew to Florida after deciding...

Will He or Won't He? Rick Perry Rumors Won't Die

John Johnson — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:19:12 CDT

The Rick-Perry-for-president buzz whipped up again today when the Texas governor said, "I'm going to think about it," reports the Dallas Morning News . It was a marked departure from his previous denials, though he qualified it by adding, "I think about a lot of things." After the comment generated headlines,...