Giuliani weighing 'special' run for gov

[kskiska]

Source: NY Post

In the latest twist in New York politics, Rudy Giuliani is eyeing a run for governor in a special election this fall should Gov. Paterson be forced to resign, sources say.

A top adviser to the former mayor, who pulled the plug on his presidential bid in January, yesterday dangled the possibility of Giuliani's running in a special election.

It would happen in a year in which presidential nominee John McCain would be at the top of the GOP ticket.

The Post reported this week that state lawmakers started researching the line of succession after Paterson's first week in office was spent responding to questions about extramarital affairs and the questionable use of campaign funds.

If Paterson resigns before August, a special election would have to be held in November.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/seven/03282008/news/regionalnews/giuliani_weighing_special_run_for_gov_103843.htm

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Right. Mr. Family Values would be a huge improvement over Spitzer and Paterson, who'd had extramarital sex.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. So . . . we can look forward to the New York Post finding a daily headline

to compel Governor Paterson to resign.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Why would Paterson be forced to resign?

:shrug:

[Hugabear]

4. Something tells me the GOP is digging very hard for some reason

Even if they have to make it up themselves.

Ghouliani couldn't get the nomination for president, but his thirst for power hasn't gone away.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Rudy HATES paying for things out of his own pocket...

;)

[leftynyc]

12. It's driving them crazy

that our new Governor took the steam out of their attacks by coming clean by himself about the infidelity and drugs. They were looking forward to dropping those headlines themselves. I have seen no calls for his resignation from anyone I would consider important enough to listen to.

[madmom]

10. That's the first thing I asked. Why should he resign?

[Blue_Tires]

17. just to be on the safe side, he should stay off moving vehicles

as much as possible through august, lest some 'tragic' accident befall him:tinfoilhat:

[Just-plain-Kathy]

3. Just when you think Guiliani is out of the picture, he slimes is way back in.

[Dr.Phool]

6. Make a movie about Rudy. "Raging Ego".

Or "How I turned cluelessness into an art form".

[DefenseLawyer]

7. Maybe his boy Kerik can be is running mate

Only appropriate if we are on the topic of misuse of funds.

[JI7]

8. there was no purpose in Spitzer resigning if someone like Ghouliani

would take his place. in fact Ghouliani is worse because Spitzer used his own money for his whoring. Ghouliani used the tax payers.

[leftynyc]

13. How could he even run against

the new governor? What is he going to attack him on that he hasn't done himself. And now with the stories about Judi and how taxpayers paid to have her driven around. Rudy couldn't get elected dog catcher in NY now.

[0007]

9. ......ain't that the truth?

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/04/16/snake,0.jpg
Giuliani going to his hole. And not Judith Nathan.
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Rudy & his muff muffin.

[pattmarty]

11. I'm not into NY politics, but I don't see Patterson resigning.

[Dr.Phool]

14. Maybe the third time is the charm. Hillary vs. Giuliani!

Rudy slithered out of Hillary vs. Giuliani in the Senate race.

Rudy flamed out in Hillary vs. Giuliani II in the presidential race.

What can he fuck up if he's faced against Hillary for Governor?

[RoccoR5955]

15. No way would Ghouliani succeed...

...even if he ran. Everyone in NY knows his record, and can't stand him. This is a non-issue. Even more since Paterson has already revealed his shortcomings before Joe Bruno, and the rest of the NY Republican slime machine can.

[Bozita]

16. Must be Judith needs her valets and chauffers back.

[twiceshy]

18. Does anyone think Patterson.....

.....is really competent to be govenor of the state of NY. I don't.

[Alexander]

23. Why? He's far better than Spitzer and Giuliani...

Who seem to be the alternatives.

[Doctor Cynic]

19. And I guess the election will be on 9/11.

[rocktivity]

20. Uh, Rudy, your personal life isn't much cleaner than Paterson's OR Spitzer's.

Arrogance until the gods, the ancient Greeks called it...

:eyes:
rocknation

[jmowreader]

21. We can only encourage such a thing as another Giuliani campaign

Rudy running for governor of New York is the kind of gift Republicans seldom give.

First, he'll be easy to beat. He's running in New York State, where they already know what a bastard he is.

Second, the Democratic candidate won't have to run one attack ad against Rudy. Once again, everyone there knows all about Rudy's atrocities.

And as long as you're here to vote against Rudy anyway, how about voting for our other fine Democratic candidates?

Run, Rudy! Run!

[JoFerret]

22. What a nightmare

.

[salin]

24. Ironic...

guess he anticipates that an affair, and perhaps some use of funds to underwrite that affair is enough to oust a governor - but not enough to prevent Rudy - whose pres. hopes was snuffed from similar behavior - from being elected?

Bizzarro world.

[CreekDog]

25. have 3 governors in a row ever resigned?

i'm just gaming this out... :evilgrin: