Giuliani Loses Plan For White House Run
Giuliani Loses Plan For White House Run
(CBS/AP) The presidential campaign strategy for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani — complete with a $100 million fundraising target for this year — is out of the bag.
The 140-page blueprint for the Republican's budding presidential bid was reported in Tuesday's editions of the New York Daily News.
The newspaper said it obtained the document from a source sympathetic to one of Giuliani's presidential rivals who said the plan had been left begind in one of the cities where Giuliani campaigned for GOP candidates prior to the November 2006 election.
Giuliani spokeswoman Sunny Mindel told the News that the loss of the secret plan was a political dirty trick. She said the timing of the plan's public disclosure was suspicious.
"I wonder why such suspicious activity is occurring and can only guess it is because of Rudy's poll numbers in New Hampshire and Iowa," the newspaper quoted Mindel as saying. Giuliani has racked up strong showings in public opinion polls taken in the two politically important states.
The campaign blueprint includes a plan to raise at least $100 million in 2007 getting the support of major GOP donors like Lew Eisenberg and Larry Bathgate, both from New Jersey, and Fred Smith, the CEO of FedEx, the paper reported. Those three are already supporting Sen. John McCain's bid.
The document also predicts some $100 million could be spent against Giuliani to highlight political vulnerabilities like his three marriages, his support for disgraced former aide Bernard Kerik and his moderate position on social issues, including abortion, gun control and gay rights.
Giuliani is a hugely popular fundraiser for his party, due largely to his response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, for which he was dubbed "America's mayor."
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(CBS/AP) The presidential campaign strategy for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani — complete with a $100 million fundraising target for this year — is out of the bag.
The 140-page blueprint for the Republican's budding presidential bid was reported in Tuesday's editions of the New York Daily News.
The newspaper said it obtained the document from a source sympathetic to one of Giuliani's presidential rivals who said the plan had been left begind in one of the cities where Giuliani campaigned for GOP candidates prior to the November 2006 election.
Giuliani spokeswoman Sunny Mindel told the News that the loss of the secret plan was a political dirty trick. She said the timing of the plan's public disclosure was suspicious.
"I wonder why such suspicious activity is occurring and can only guess it is because of Rudy's poll numbers in New Hampshire and Iowa," the newspaper quoted Mindel as saying. Giuliani has racked up strong showings in public opinion polls taken in the two politically important states.
The campaign blueprint includes a plan to raise at least $100 million in 2007 getting the support of major GOP donors like Lew Eisenberg and Larry Bathgate, both from New Jersey, and Fred Smith, the CEO of FedEx, the paper reported. Those three are already supporting Sen. John McCain's bid.
The document also predicts some $100 million could be spent against Giuliani to highlight political vulnerabilities like his three marriages, his support for disgraced former aide Bernard Kerik and his moderate position on social issues, including abortion, gun control and gay rights.
Giuliani is a hugely popular fundraiser for his party, due largely to his response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, for which he was dubbed "America's mayor."
© MMVII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/02/politics/main2321233.shtml
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