Rudy Makes It “Official”
Rudy Giuliani affirmed that he is officially in the race twice yesterday while appearing on Larry King Live. He has not, apparently, filed the requisite paperwork yet, however.
"Yes, I'm running," Giuliani declared twice on Wednesday night on CNN's "Larry King Live" show.
There have been doubts among Republicans about whether Giuliani was serious about a White House run in 2008.
National polls have shown Giuliani leads eight other Republicans, in part because of his steely and comforting leadership amid the chaos of the 2001 hijacked plane attacks that brought down New York's most visible landmark.
"I think I can make a difference. I believe that the country needs leadership," Giuliani said on CNN when asked what led him to purse the top political job in the United States.
Well, everyone knew he was running, so this isn't really a big surprise.
UPDATE: Transcript here.
By TC@LeatherPenguin, Thursday, 15 February , 2007 @ 12:48 pm
I liked Rudy.
I LOVED Eddie Koch, even though he sometimes drove me nuts.
“Mr Guliani? Sir, you are NO Ed Koch.
And you couldn’t even beat either of our currently sitting United States Senators.”