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NEWS ABOUT: Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani stories: 247 news summaries

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Giuliani Plans Run for US Senate

He's also got his eye
on a 2012 presidential bid, say insiders

Nov 19, 09 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani will run for US Senate next year as a possible steppingstone to a presidential bid in 2012, sources tell the New York Daily News. Giuliani plans to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand for the remaining two years of Hillary Clinton’s term. He had been expected to run for governor... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Andrew Cuomo • governor • David Paterson • 2010 election • Kirsten Gillibrand

FLIP-FLOPPERS

 Stewart Pits 
 '06 Giuliani 
 Vs. '09 Giuliani 

Rudy just can't decide how he feels about terrorist trials

Nov 17, 09 4:44 AM CST
(Newser) - During last night’s Daily Show analysis of Khaled Sheikh Mohammed’s upcoming trial, Jon Stewart pointed out Rudy Giuliani’s blatant flip-flopping on the issue between 2006 and now. Though 2006 Giuliani believed that “America is dedicated to the rule of law” and “We are a... More »

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entertainment • Rudy Giuliani • New York • celebrity • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terrorist • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Rudy Giuliani Daily Show

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat 

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

Nov 15, 09 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - It's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Harry Reid • Hamid Karzai • Mitch McConnell • David Plouffe • George Stephanopoulos • David Axelrod • Sarah Palin • terror trial • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • President Obama • Sunday morning talk shows • Going Rogue

 Dubya's New Gig: 
 Motivational Guru 

George W. Bush headlines Texas 'mega show' with $19 tickets

Oct 21, 09 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - It sure ain't the G8: George W. Bush, nine months retired, is headlining a motivational speaking "mega show" in Fort Worth next week, which promises "more inspirational firepower than a stick of dynamite!" As the event's screaming website reveals, the former president is appearing alongside Colin... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Fort Worth • Colin Powell • motivational speaker • George W. Bush

 Rudy Weighs NY Governor Race 


Aug 25, 09 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Less than two years after crashing and burning in the race for the White House, Rudy Giuliani is weighing another return to politics—as governor of New York. Last week Giuliani asked the state's GOP chairman to step aside, and the New York Times reports that he has discussed a... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Republican • New York • Republican candidate • governor • David Paterson • gubernatorial races

OPINION

Sure Sotomayor Is Tough—as She Should Be

Arguing a case before her isn't fun, but that's not a bad thing

Jul 10, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor may be a self-proclaimed “bear on the bench,” but the critics saying she's too harsh are way off base, writes constitutional lawyer Floyd Abrams in the Wall Street Journal. Abrams has argued multiple cases before Sotomayor. “Her questions are tough and fair, demanding and acute.... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • censorship • judge • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

Palin Called GOP Bigwigs Before Quitting

Phone records
reveal chats with Cheney, Giuliani

Jul 7, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin spoke to several top Republicans in the weeks before her resignation, ABC News reports. An open-records request finds that in May, Palin was on the phone to Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani, and Charlie Crist, among others. A spokeswoman said that Cheney had been talking about an upcoming vacation... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Dick Cheney • Republican • resignation • Republican Party • Charlie Crist • governor • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani today got one step closer to maybe announcing a run for New York governor in 2010, the Daily News reports. The former NYC mayor and Republican presidential candidate explained his position to CNN. “I’m thinking about it,” he said. “I don’t know if... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Andrew Cuomo • campaign • governor • David Paterson • New York state • Election 2010

(Newser) - A "slim, well-dressed man in his fifties" ran up to Rudy and Judi Giuliani in the Hamptons today and threatened to deck him, witnesses tell the New York Post. Sitting outside a Bridgehampton, NY, bakery, the pair was initially startled by the man. "Alright, do it then!... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Judith Giuliani • threats • attack • Hamptons

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's son Andrew got a bad break in his lawsuit against the Duke golf team—the judge is a Caddyshack fan. The magistrate recommended that Giuliani's suit—he says he got kicked off the team unjustly—be dismissed, and he did so in a ruling filled with golf jokes... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Duke University • golf • lawsuit • Andrew Giuliani

 NY Prefers Spitzer 
 to Paterson: Poll 

Only 19% think Paterson is doing a good job

May 4, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. David Paterson is so unpopular in New York that most would prefer to see his hooker-loving predecessor Eliot Spitzer running Albany, the Daily News reports. A Marist College poll showed that 51% would rather see Spitzer as top dog, while only 19% of New Yorkers said Paterson was doing... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • New York • poll • Eliot Spitzer • governor • approval ratings • David Paterson

GLOSSIES

 2008 Hall of Infamy
Inductees 

A month-by-month gallery of the year's most ignominious figures

Dec 25, 08 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - As we look back at the great people who made their mark this year, let us not forget to document the schlubby, the sneaky, and the just plain criminal. Vanity Fair has done the legwork, rounding up a month-by-month rogue's gallery. Some highlights:
  • January: Rudy Giuliani's Florida
... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Robert Mugabe • politics • Eliot Spitzer • Carly Fiorina • Lipitor • Radovan Karadzic • Rod Blagojevich • Mark Penn • scandal • Robert Jarvik • He Kexin • Richard Fuld • Joe the Plumber • Best of 2008

Conservative Radio Sees Boom Ahead

Limbaugh, Hannity & Co. ready to play foil to Obama White House

Dec 22, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Where Bill Clinton’s presidency triggered Rush Limbaugh’s ascent, many see a new boom coming for conservative talk radio under President Obama, the New York Times reports. Limbaugh is touting the “rebirth of principled opposition,” and Sean Hannity claims to lead “conservatism in exile.” Says... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • radio • Fred Thompson • talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • Mike Huckabee • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • Michael Savage • Laura Ingraham

 Rudy Likely to Fill 
 O'Reilly's Radio Gig 

Giuliani in talks to succeed Bill O'Reilly

Dec 17, 08 8:34 AM CST
(Newser) - America’s Mayor may return to the radio waves, according to the New York Post, which reports that Rudy Giuliani is the leading candidate to succeed Bill O’Reilly when he leaves his syndicated show. Giuliani's camp isn't commenting, but Hizzoner has some experience being blunt behind the mike—... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • radio • Bill O'Reilly • America's Mayor • host

 Palin Will Stump 
 in Ga. Runoff 

GOP turns to popular VP candidate to help Chambliss, stave off Dem supermajority

Nov 25, 08 2:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin will lend her star power to Saxby Chambliss in his Senate runoff battle against Democrat Jim Martin, Politico reports. Palin will appear with Chambliss at rallies across Georgia the day before the Dec. 2 runoff, capping a GOP full-court press that has seen Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Senate • GOP • Georgia • runoff election • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Jim Martin • Saxby Chambliss

 Election 
 Predictors 
 Who Got 
 It Wrong 

Many pundits ruled out Obama victory early

Nov 6, 08 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With the election over, what's more fun than calling out all those whose predictions were off—way off. Der Spiegel lists some highlights:
  • "He cannot win, Bill. He cannot win." Hillary Clinton, on Barack Obama
  • "We'll win Florida." Rudy Giuliani
  • "Virginians are really getting
... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Ann Coulter • presidential campaign • Rush Limbaugh • Election Day • predictions • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • George Allen • Hugh Hewitt

Campaigns Call in Big Guns for Final Fireworks Shows

Obama gets Clintons, Gore; McCain counters with Schwarzenegger, Giuliani

Oct 31, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the final days of the presidential campaign, the candidates are ramping up their schedules and bringing in their parties’ big names to motivate voters, the New York Times reports. John McCain, in addition to sending running mate Sarah Palin on a grueling two-day sprint across the country, has enlisted... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Al Gore • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Bill Clinton • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

 Smears Could 
 Cost McCain Fla. 

Risky strategy imperils prez bid

Oct 12, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Sunshine State is looking cloudy for John McCain, whose risky moves could cost him Florida, just as Rudy Giuliani's posturing sank him in the primary, novelist Carl Hiaasen writes for the Miami Herald. Polls show McCain forfeiting his lead, and his running mate isn't helping. Sarah Palin, Hiaasen snipes,... More »

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Florida • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • negative campaigning • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • financial crisis

 7 Years Later, 
 US Remembers 9/11 

Obama,
McCain to visit
Ground Zero

Sep 11, 08 11:13 AM CDT
(AP) - Americans marked the seventh anniversary of 9/11 with a heartfelt ceremony at Ground Zero and other solemn remembrances nationwide. Relatives of victims gathered in Lower Manhattan for readings from dignitaries and a recitation of the names of the dead. Later today, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were due... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Ground Zero • Michael Bloomberg • anniversary • George W. Bush • 9/11 attacks

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani tonight delivered the most blistering attack yet on Barack Obama's qualifications to be president, belittling him as a "celebrity senator" with no legislative record to speak of, MSNBC reports. "He’s never run a city, he’s never run a state, he’s never run a... More »

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John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Election 2008 • Republican National Convention

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