Rudy Giuliani

Forget Obama and McCain... DilujedeProductions is Coming on Strong! A long list of hopefuls have dreamed of the top government offices this election year. Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, and Mike Huckabee have all been left in the dust. And coming down the stretch it's Barack Obama and Joe Bi...

By Doug Mataconis Of course, it’s worth nothing that much of this is speculative at best and, considering that we’re more than 27 months from the first primary votes will be cast in 2012, it’s not at all clear that it means much of anything. Consider this — back in June 2006, 31 months away from the start of the 20...

By James Joyner In fact, the 2008 Republican race wasn’t even a contest.  Mitt Romney quit the race during CPAC on February 7 and pledged his delegates to McCain.   Rudy Giuliani had failed to make his push in Florida — coming in way behind Romney, who finished second.  The race was over.

By Adam Brickley 3. The Rudy Factor: This is where the whole “Sarah the Libertarian” argument REALLY kicks in. Has anyone seen Hizzoner palling around with Mike Huckabee at a Yanks game? Mitt Romney? Okay, Mitt’s probably a Red Sox guy anyway – but you get the point. Rudy Giuliani feels a kinship with...

By Race 4 2012 They asked which candidate would you support: Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Bobby Jindal (pronounced jin-dell!), someone else, or not sure. I answered Huckabee (of course) and they said thank you for taking the poll.

By Aron Goldman Sarah Palin 36%Rick Santorum 20%Bobby Jindal 12%Ron Paul 7%Rudy Giuliani 5%Jeb Bush 4%Jon Kyl 3%Mike Huckabee 2%Tim Pawlenty 1%Mitt Romney 1% Please indicate if you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

By Aron Goldman Fox News/Opinion Dynamics 2012 GOP Nomination (UPDATED) Among Republicans Mitt Romney 22% (18%) Mike Huckabee 21% (20%) Sarah Palin 17% (13%) Rudy Giuliani 13% (12%) Newt Gingrich 9% (14%) Bobby Jindal 3% (3%) Jeb Bush 1% (3%) Tim Pawlenty 1% Mark Sanford 0% (4%) Too soon to say 10% (7%) A...

By Benjamin Hodge John McCain’s campaign was defunct and broke at this point in the race, without money to pay a pollster. Mike Huckabee had no money. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani spent $60 million plus to win a single delegate, attending fundraisers when he should have been in New Hampshire. A leading Republica...

By Adam Graham Mike Huckabee was named by Time Magazine one of America’s five best Governors (I believe that would be called excellence) and was chosen as Chairman of the National Governor’s Association. He graduated college in 2 1/2 years. He successfully started community TV stations, and manag...

By Adam Graham Looking at nationwide polling, it would be hard to seriously argue that Huckabee couldn’t get the nomination in 2012, so his efforts would be treated with a whole different level of seriousness from the get-go.  Romney had the good fortune to be paired against a pro-choice liberal (Ru...

By Max Twain Mike Huckabee- 99% Mitt Romney - 95% Sarah Palin - 90% Mark Sanford - 85% Jeb Bush- 75% John Thune - 70% Newt Gingrich - 50% Gary Johnson - 35% Jon Huntsman - 25% Ron Paul - 20% Potential VPs: Ross Perot Haley Barbour - 20% Potential VPs: Rudy Giuliani, Charlie Crist

By Clarence Claus There may be candidates stronger than Huckabee.  DaveG makes the case that Rudy Giuliani would make a strong general election candidate.  You could also make a case for Pawlenty or Crist.  However, if the only candidates running were Huckabee, Romney, Palin, and Gingrich, you could make...

By Alex Knepper A new Fox News poll just came out: Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll / May 12-13, 2009 4. I’m going to read a list of potential candidates for the 2012 Republican nomination. Please tell me which one you would like to see as the Republican presidential nominee: Among Republicans: Mike Huckabee...

By Dave Filed under: Republicans, 2008 President This year we had Sam Brownback, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, Fred Thompson, and John McCain all enter the race to be the next Republican nominee. And now they are all out but McCain.

Perry thinks McCain has nomination, expects Texas support  TX - Perry endorsed McCain after the first candidate he backed dropped out: former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Perry's endorsement of Giuliani angered some ... Texas Gov. Perry Asks Huckabee to Drop Out CBS News

By Jason Horowitz This compares to a four-way Republican primary horse race in a January 14 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University with McCain at 22 percent, Giuliani at 20 percent, and Romney and Huckabee at 19 percent each.

By Emily Cohn In comparison, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (RN.Y.) and Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.), Huckabee’s Republican competitors, have raised $47.3 million and $62.8 million, respectively. read more.

By Steve Kornacki It would also give hope to Giuliani, whose decline has tracked perfectly with McCain’s resurgence. If McCain falters in Michigan and again in South Carolina, then Giuliani would have an opportunity to win back the casual supporters he’s been losing to McCain. A win in Florida would then po...

By Dave Filed under: Rudy Giuliani, 2008 President, Fundraising On the other hand, if McCain, Romney, Huckabee, or even Thompson are all trading wins up until Florida, well then Rudy is also in a perfect position to sweep in with Florida, then New York and Cali.

By Steve Kornacki Given those realities, Giuliani decided to target New Hampshire, believing—again, correctly—that a Huckabee victory in Iowa would severely wound Romney in New Hampshire, creating an opening for another Republican. Giuliani further recognized that, in New Hampshire, that other Re...

By dotan Assumption (iii): There are no other players on the field---none---in this universe, e.g. Gov. Huckabee and Sen. McCain do not exist---the race is between Mayor Giuliani and Romney. dr. g.d. “[Mayor] Giuliani is going to have to step up and begin to empty his treasury and advertise if he wants

By Doug Mataconis H/T: Jason Pye George Will sums it up nicely: Huckabee’s campaign actually is what Rudy Giuliani’s candidacy is misdescribed as being — a comprehensive apostasy against core Republican beliefs. Giuliani departs from recent Republican stances regarding two issues — abortion and the r...

The phony victimization of Mike Huckabee  MN - It's funny, but when it looked like Rudy Giuliani, a social liberal, was going to be the nominee, we didn't see many, if any, establishment Republican ...

Huckabee Surges in Florida By BILLY HOUSE WASHINGTON -- A new poll shows Mike Huckabee rapidly gaining in Florida on front-running Rudy Giuliani in the race among Republican ... Huckabee Nears Tie With Giuliani in Latest Zogby Poll ArkansasSports360.com

By Flap The Poll: Rudy - 23% (29%, 11-14 thru 11-17) Mike Huckabee - 22% (11%) Mitt Romney - 16% (9%) Fred Thompson - 13% (15%) John McCain - 12% (9%) Ron Paul - 4% (5%) Also, note that Fred Thompson and John McCain are not that far behind in the pack now that Rudy has fallen/collapsed.

By Miles Mogulescu While Republican frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani attack each other, conservative populist Mike Huckabee seems to be surging to the front of the Republican pack. Likewise, while Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama bash each other, and the media tries...

The inherent problem for Romney in this strategy, however, is that even with early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire he was always going to have to deal with the fallout from his obvious -- and recent -- flip-flop from a moderate, Northeastern Republican on social issues to a down-the-line so...

By Katharine Jose candidates were Hillary Clinton the Democrat and Rudy Giuliani the Republican, for whom would you vote? * - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani 11.(New York City registered voters only) Do you approve or disapprove of the way

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By DemFromCT Mayor Giuliani is on top of the Republican field, but losing some steam. In the ever- changing race for second place in the GOP pack, Gov. Mike Huckabee is the lead dog, by a nose, this week," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

By Greg McNeilly So many polls this week, we're simplifying it to the Real Clear Politics average. First the Democrats then the Republicans: Giuliani 22.8% Huckabee 20.5% Romney 15.2% McCain 12.3% Thompson 10.0% Paul 4.5%NOTABLE QUOTES, VIEWS & HAPPENINGS

By DaveG It’s pretty clear by now even to the Mayor’s supporters that Rudy can fail. His late-state strategy no longer seems like an especially good idea, given that while neither Romney nor Huckabee has won a single state at present, the mere anticipation that they will has relegated Rudy to third...

By FSG He now leads the lone star state by a double digit lead over his next closes opponent Mayor Rudy Giuliani. This is no big surprise considering many are more familiar with Governor Huckabee in Texas then other states, ...

By hotlineblog(mambinder@nationaljournal.com) The numbers: Dems Hillary Clinton 27% Barack Obama 27% John Edwards 22% Bill Richardson 8% Joe Biden 5% Chris Dodd 1% Dennis Kucinich 1% GOP Mike Huckabee 36% Mitt Romney 23% Rudy Giuliani 12% Fred Thompson 8% John McCain 5%... GOP Mitt Romney 23% Rudy Giuliani 12% John McCain 5%

The Huckabee Trap  - Rudy Giuliani is pro-choice. John McCain famously called some Christian conservatives "agents of intolerance" during his 2000 presidential campaign. ... Romney's Conservative Counterattack TIME all 4 news articles

Mike Huckabee is accused of cheap shot on religion as Republican ... Times Online, UK - Mr Huckabee, who now leads in Iowa and South Carolina, and is just behind Rudy Giuliani, the longtime frontrunner, nationally, was asked by The New York ... Huckabee Apologizes For Mormon Remark CBS News

By Katharine Jose The governor of Texas means to say "Rudy Giuliani” during an endorsement speech, but actually says “Mike Huckabee.” Andrew Giuliani doubts his own ability to make or break his father’s candidacy. Congressman John McHugh launches a blog.

Live Blog Of The Des Moines Register Republican Debate (December ...  - From left to right: Rudy Giuliani, Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Alan Keyes (yes, ...

9, moderator Tim Russert asked Republican hopeful Rudy Giuliani what he thought of Huckabee’s remarks. Giuliani said he understood Huckabee had “changed his ... Giuliani Parses Shades of ’Gay’ EDGE Boston Giuliani Aligns Himself with Catholic Church on Gay Issues Advocate.com

By Katharine Jose Nationally, Rudy Giuliani loses nine points and Mike Huckabee gains 10, narrowing Rudy's lead to 25 percent over Huckabee's 19. Not much change in the Democratic field, where Clinton leads Obama, with 53 percent to Obama's 23. [ABCNews/Wash Post]

By Jeralyn The Republican candidates are tripping over each other in their quest to become the toughest on immigration. Mitt Romney has released his first attack ad on immigration while Rudy Giuliani now says he wanted to deport New York City's 400,00 undocumented residents. the undocumented depo...

By Aaron Unruh Two new polls yesterday showed former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has fallen into a statistical tie with a surging Mike Huckabee…The polls suggest social conservatives, uneasy about Giuliani’s moderate stances all year, are deciding ...

Wisconsin primary ballot won't list third party candidates Wausau Daily Herald, WI - Appearing on the Republican side will be Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo and Fred Thompson. ...

By Vic Lundquist — Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) – 28% (74) — Senator John McCain (R-AZ) – 24% (64) — Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) – 8% (20) — Governor Mike Huckabee – 2% (4)] “He’ll easily be their McGovern, an easy kill,” mocked one senior Democrat operative Tuesday morning from Washington.

By Flap Huckabee’s electability as President is ZERO. Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) – 37% (99 press releases) Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) – 28% (74) Senator John McCain (R-AZ) – 24% (64) Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) – 8% (20) Governor Mike Huckabee – 2% (4)]

By David Knowles As governor of Arkansas five years ago, Mike Huckabee joined a bipartisan chorus of politicians who concluded that the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba was bad for business. Now that he's a top-tier candidate for president, Huckabee has decided he favors the embargo--so much so that he vowe...

By hotlineblog(mambinder@nationaljournal.com) Rudy Giuliani was on "Meet the Press": Giuliani: "That's a stretch." Giuliani: "Not serious. Right." Mike Huckabee was on "Fox News Sunday": John McCain was also on "Fox News Sunday": The "Fox News Sunday" roundtable discussed WH '08 and the CIA tapes:

By nakedmaninthetree For Republicans I will discuss the following candidates: Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, and Ron Paul. For Democrats I will discuss the following candidates: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Dennis Kucinich. Republicans: John McCain: Rudy Giuliani: Barack Obama:

By Flap Rudy Giuliani Watch: Huckaboom Vs Mitt Plays into Giuliani Strategy Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy 26% Huckabee 18% McCain 13% Romney 12% Thompson 11% Paul 3% in Latest National GOP Poll Rudy Giuliani Watch: Status of the Campaign PM Edition Technorati Tags: Rudy Giuliani

By Scott Whitlock So far in 2007, according to a Nexis search, "Brian Ross Investigates" has looked into Fred Thompson twice and once for Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton. In other words, four tough queries on 2008 Republicans and only one for a Democrat. He has, for instance, done no stories on Cl...

By Flap Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy Assails Huckabee on “FAIR TAX” California Young Republicans Endorse Rudy Giuliani For President Rudy Giuliani Watch: Team Rudy Rudy Giuliani Watch: What Are You Going to Do About Putin? Technorati Tags: Rudy Giuliani

By Flap Mike Huckabee is now TIED with Rudy Giuliani in Rasmussen’s Daily Presidential tracking poll: Mike Huckabee - 18% Rudy Giuliani - 18% John McCain - 14% Fred Thompson - 13% Mitt Romney - 12% Ron Paul - 7% So, what has happened in the GOP Presidential race? Rudy Giuliani’s collapse?Mike Huck...

By Steve Kornacki Of course, it's possible Mr. Huckabee and Mr. Giuliani will still end up at each others' throats—especially if they are the lone survivors heading into February 5. Maybe then Mr. Huckabee will embrace a different view of how Mr. Giuliani managed the books back in New York.

By Doug Mataconis Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, the frontrunner in national polls, holds third place in Iowa at 13 percent, despite waging a limited campaign in the state. Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, things are just as interesting with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards all wit...

By Jeff Fuller Notice how he didn’t just say: “Iowa Christians shouldn’t vote for Rudy” . . . no, he strongly implied (in the presence of Mitt) that Iowa could have a strong effect in stymieing a Rudy nomination. James Bopp Jr. was there and said that Mitt is the only GOP candidate that can take on and take out Rudy...

By Ron Richey During his introduction for Governor Romney, ICA president Steve Scheffler took a lot of shots at Rudy. But the one thing he failed to mention is that the number one best way for Iowa conservatives to defeat Rudy is to put support squarely behind Romeny. As David Kim just posted, It is plain fo...

The GOP race is usually characterized as either a two-person contest (Giuliani vs. Romney) or a wide open field among the five viable candidates (Giuliani, Romney, Thompson, Huckabee and McCain). However, what we are fast approaching is a three-man race between Huckabee, Romney and Giu...

By laurkorn CNN) — On the Bible, minister and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee let former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani off the hook, agreeing with Giuliani that parts of the Bible are allegorical. – CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider.

All the usual suspects will be there....Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, and Fred Thompson. Alphabetically, of course.

By Doug Mataconis The prospect of the Republican race coming down to a choice between Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee is, well, disturbing doesn’t begin to describe it. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of Iowa Caucus goers is out, and it doesn’t bode well for Mitt Romney: The latest Rasmussen Reports tele...

By FSG Former Presidential candidate and Founder of the 700 Club Pat Robertson is taking some real heat for his endorsement of Mayor Rudy Giuliani and rightfully so. What it boils down too is Rudy a Republican? One of the most important issues ...

By Jonathan Berr Look for Giuliani, Romney and McCain to go on the offensive tonight against Huckabee. Thompson will have to come out swinging too just to prove to the skeptics, including me that his moribund campaign still has a pulse. People who thought the Democrats were piling on Hillary Clinton haven'...

InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research, conducted Nov. 25th-26th, 2007 Rudy Giuliani 26% Mike Huckabee 17% John McCain 13% Mitt Romney 12% Fred Thompson 9% Ron Paul 3% Duncan Hunter 1% Tom Tancredo 1% Undecided (18%) The poll was conducted Nov. 25 and 26 among 675 likely voters in th...

By Matthew J. Podoba Clinton, a New York senator who has been at the top of the Democratic pack in national polls in the 2008 since June, however now, she trails Republican candidates Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, John McCain and Mike Huckabee ...

By Adam Smith InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research 11/25-26 poll of 675 likely Florida Republican voters: Rudy Giuliani (26%); Mike Huckabee (17%); John McCain (13%); Mitt Romney (12%); Fred Thompson (9%); Ron Paul (3%); Duncan Hunter (1%); Tom Tancredo (1%); Undecided (18%).

By Flap Technorati Tags: Rudy Giuliani Republican presidential hopeful, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, waves as he marches in the annual Holiday Parade in Salem, N.H., Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007. Rudy Giuliani continues a commanding lead in Florida but in an interesting development former Arka...

E) Rudy GiulianiWhen looking over the results, the one thing that is rather striking, given the conservative nature of the bloggers participating, is how poorly Mike Huckabee fared. Beyond that, Fred Thompson did quite well, as did Rudy Giuliani. While there is little surprise that Fred...

Why Rudy Loves Huckabee Swampland - Michael Duffy shows here how the best thing to happen to Rudy Giuliani might be Mike Huckabee. Ana Marie Cox, Washington Editor of Time.com, is the founding ...

By Adam Smith R's: Rudy Giuliani 28.8; Mitt Romney 15.3%; Fred Thompson 13.9%; John McCain 10.4%; Mike Huckabee 6.9%; Ron Paul 4%; undecided 18.8% We don't know much about San Diego-based Datamar Inc, except that last time it polled FL it found John Edwards leading the Democratic field. Hmmmm. Well, here's wh...

By Steve Kornacki From Mr. Giuliani's standpoint, a Huckabee win in Iowa—now a very realistic scenario—is as good as a Giuliani win, since the fallout would wound Romney in New Hampshire (a state Rudy can potentially win, the most recent numbers notwithstanding) and severely crimp his strategy of buildi...

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Republicans talk up conservative records  IA - Absent were former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Giuliani has led in national polls, ... Iowans Gives Huckabee a Second Look The Associated Press

QUESTION NUMBER: 258 RESULTS: Sam Brownback - *% Newt Gingrich - 7 Rudy Giuliani - 26 Chuck Hagel - 2 Mike Huckabee - 2 Duncan Hunter - 1 John McCain - 17 Mitt Romney - 9 Tom Tancredo - 1 Tommy Thompson - 3 Fred Thompson - 12 Ron Paul - 2 Other - * None/Wouldn't vote (Vol.) - 6 Don't know - 11 Refused - 1