Bloomberg Name Drops Giuliani in GOP Meeting

When Mayor Bloomberg met with the NYC GOP chairs yesterday to court his way onto the Republican line in November, he apparently didn't hesitate to remind them of the goodwill shared between him and his predecessor, Rudy Giuliani. One of the Republican reps at the meeting told the Post, "He said he'd spoken to Rudy a while ago and said [Rudy] was thinking about [running for governor] but hadn't made up his mind yet." Bloomberg was also "very, very critical of Paterson" and thought "Rudy would beat Paterson." The source added, "He said he thinks if Paterson's the nominee, Giuliani would have to run." The Times makes it sound like the room got a little tense yesterday as the mayor tried to sell himself as a Republican and someone brought up his not so GOP-friendly congestion pricing plan. Bloomberg responded, “You can’t just be against everything. You have to propose new solutions.” One of the borough heads told them, “Nobody left feeling warm and fuzzy...He kind of sounded like a Republican."

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By Billy Parker in News on February 26, 2009 12:45 PM

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felixthecat2

http://www.mayorbrodeur.org/bloomberg.html

leftylib

We have to get this scumbag out of office.

William C. Thompson for Mayor - http://www.friendsofbillthompson.org/

Also Running for Mayor - Tony Avella - http://www.tonyavellaformayor.com/

Other Great Candidates -

Norman Siegel for City Advocate - http://normansiegel.com/

Yetta Kurland for City Coucil - http://yettakurland.com/splash/index.html

leftylib

we have to get this scumbag out of office. i'm backing thompson. while rev billy endorces tony avella for mayor he hasn't really officially announced he's running.

I encourage everybody to seek out an acceptable alternative to Bloomberg and get involved in their campaign. We can apply everything we learned to getting obama elected as to getting bloomberg out. we will be hate ourselves after his 3rd term is over if we dont stop it. the legislation for the 3rd term is getting shit in the legislature right now. the feild is ripe for the alternative candidate to rise. i think.

lefty- democrat - donates to william c. thompson - check out your candidate on facebook, too. i also encourage people to back Normal Seigal and Yetta Kurland.

felixthecat2

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j_Bcf_6uMS4/STZn4RbDVEI/AAAAAAAAIY8/-n9dU3nCMqU/s320/rudy_giuliani_drag.jpg

felixthecat2

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j_Bcf_6uMS4/STZn4RbDVEI/AAAAAAAAIY8/-n9dU3nCMqU/s320/rudy_giuliani_drag.jpg

Qraymond

I just barfed all over my monitor.

What a mess.

Mr Mel

I think after Rudy's unsuccessful presidential run (for the nomination), he is no longer a viable candidate for anything.

fugothamist

bloomberg should run for mayor

and giuliani for senator

jchez

Giuliani is more the executive type. In the Senate he would be one out of 100 with no real power to do anything, specially while being in the minority. That's why Corzine ran for Governor of New jersey. He too was used to giving orders and as a member of the Senate minority at the time he felt frustrated.