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Earlier this afternoon in a blog post on the Weekly Standard’s website, editor William Kristol reported that former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is gearing up for a second run at the White House.
“I’m told by two reliable sources that Rudy Giuliani intends to run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012,” writes Kristol.
Giuliani was at the top of the pack in a recent CNN poll and probably has some of the best positive name recognition of any of the Republicans in the current field.
Kristol also addresses Rudy’s disaster of a campaign in 2008: “This year, he’ll commit everything to New Hampshire, where he thinks he has a good shot at beating Romney—whom he criticized there earlier this week. He then thinks he can beat whichever more socially conservative candidate(s) is left by winning what are still likely to be winner-take-all primaries in big states like California, New York, and New Jersey.”
It seems like a sound strategy that will play well to the former mayor’s his strengths. It also marks another major candidate who is likely to skip the Iowa caucus, leaving some to wonder how much weight Iowa will actually carry in the 2012 Presidential cycle.
I am a conservative and the thought of Rudy Giuliani in the White House sends chills down my spine.
What does he hope to accomplish? Didn’t he make a big enough fool of himself in 2008?
He’s not a conservative by any measure. He’s demonstrated neither fiscal nor social conservatism. He refused in 2007 to commit to a balanced budget (although he thought it a worthy goal) and he said he would not sign a federal ban on abortions. Even P. Obama signed such an order pertaining to the healthcare bill. If Obama is more conservative than you, you don’t need to be running at all.
Giuliani has been married countless times and is pro-choice. As a socially conservative American, I cannot support a man who supports abortions as well as gun control.
My choice in this race is Congressman Ron Paul, who is a pro-life conservative and a Constitutionalist.
Hopefully the Ghoul will split the NeoCon vote and make it smooth sailing for Ron Paul.