According to Bob Novak, he’s running:
Well-connected public figures report that they have been told recently by Rudolph Giuliani that, as of now, he intends to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008
And, given where he stands in the polls, its not all that suprising:
The former mayor of New York was on top of last month’s national Gallup poll measuring presidential preferences by registered Republicans, with 29 percent. Sen. John McCain’s 24 percent was second, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich third at 8 percent. National polls all year have shown Giuliani running either first or second to McCain, with the rest of the presidential possibilities far behind.
Of course, at this early stage, polls for the 2008 election are meaningless and basically only measure the relative personal popularity of hypothetical candidates. Given that Giuliani is still basking in the glow of all the positive press he received after September 11th, its not surprising that he would do well in the poll.
The question that a Giuliani campaign would face is whether that popularity would translate into success at the primary level. Given the fact that he is not exactly in line with most Republican voters on core issues like abortion and gay rights, that is by no means certain.
Via Instapundit
Further thoughts about a Rudy in `08 run from Professor Bainbridge and Chad Dotson
July 8th, 2006 at 10:19 am
Giuliani And The Presidential Elections
If he becomes the Republican nominee I think - again - he’ll have a good chance of winning the Presidential elections. His problem - however - will he be able to become the Republican nominee in the first place?
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