Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani visits with Katherine Miller of Edmonds, Wash., at a cafe in Kirkland, Wash., during a campaign stop Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007. Giuliani made stops earlier in the day in Palm Springs, Calif., and Portland, Ore.

The INEVITABILITY of a Rudy Giuliani GOP nomination is causing some ANGST in the Christian RIGHT.

In fact, this may be the ONLY WAY Rudy beats Hillary Clinton by capturing the social middle ground with fiscal conservative policy. Painting Hillary as a corrupt left-wing pandering socialist who will raise taxes and who is weak on terror and defense works.

Being against abortion doesn’t.

If the Christian RIGHT leaves the GOP and forms a third party, it will further marginalize their influence in national politics.

And Dr. James Dobson helped how in the 2006 GOP collapse?

Stay tuned………

Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson concludes a short news conference in a hanger at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. Thompson says he doesn’t need the support of influential evangelical Christian leader James Dobson to win over conservative voters. Dobson accuses the former Tennessee senator as being a weak conservative with ‘no passion’ in a private e-mail obtained this week by The Associated Press.

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Rudy Giuliani Video: Rudy in Santa Barbara California Part 3

Running With Rudy at National House Party Night

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Former California Governor Pete Wilson Endorses Giuliani for President

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy in Santa Barbara California Part 2

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy in Santa Barbara California

Giuliani Poll Watch: Rudy Catches Mitt Romney in New Hampshire

Former California Governor Pete Wilson to Endorse Rudy Giuliani for President Tomorrow

Rudy Giuliani at Joe’s Cafe, Santa Barbara, California, September 27, 2007

These videos are from two days ago when Flap attended a Giuliani public event after a mega fundraising event at the Santa Barbara Biltmore.

The crowd pressed and everyone one wanted a photo op with the Mayor. At times Rudy’s staff was pushed out of the way by the crowd - except his BIG bodyguard.

The second video is the news presser held outside Joe’s:

The Mayor has unbelievable energy and vigor. After this event he flew to Lancaster, attended two events there and then flew to Las Vegas for a fundraiser at the Venetian.

Later in the evening/early morning, Hizzoner flew back to Los Angeles where he spent the night. His next event was at 10 AM where former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan endorsed Rudy at his restaurant, The Original Pantry.

What a schedule.

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Running With Rudy at National House Party Night

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Former California Governor Pete Wilson Endorses Giuliani for President

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy in Santa Barbara California Part 2

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy in Santa Barbara California

Giuliani Poll Watch: Rudy Catches Mitt Romney in New Hampshire

Former California Governor Pete Wilson to Endorse Rudy Giuliani for President Tomorrow

Flap attended the endorsement announcement yesterday morning at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California. The above is one of six videos that Flap recorded.

Ok, so former Governor Pete Wilson endorses Rudy what does it mean?

Two words:

1. Fundraising

2. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s quasi endorsement

Governor Wilson’s fundraising cabal is still intact after all of these years. In fact, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chief fundraiser, Marty Wilson, was a top aide (in various positions) for Governor Wilson for at least a decade.

Who aided the Governator in his recall election against Democrat Governor Gray Davis?

Why, the Wilson folks.

Flap thought it was presumptuous the California Republican Party last February gave Rudy the run of the California Republican Convention in Sacramento. If you recall it was at the convention that Rudy announced for the Presidency.

I was told by a source at the time Rudy had the consent of the Governor.

Now, the connection is apparent.

Will Arnold Schwarzenegger endorse Rudy prior to the February 5, 2007 primary election.

Flap says count on it if Rudy maintains his lead in the California and national polls.

Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Governor Pete Wilson in Santa Monica, September 27, 2007

Photo by Flap

Stay tuned……..

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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy in Santa Barbara California Part 2

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy in Santa Barbara California

Giuliani Poll Watch: Rudy Catches Mitt Romney in New Hampshire

Former California Governor Pete Wilson to Endorse Rudy Giuliani for President Tomorrow

Presidential hopeful and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, in New York.

Rudy Giuliani fires chief fundraiser

In a sign of potential money woes, Rudy Giuliani has fired his presidential campaign’s chief fundraiser and brought in a top rainmaker for President Bush, The Daily News has learned.

Anne Dunsmore, who took control of Giuliani’s day-to-day fundraising operation in May, has been replaced by Jim Lee, a Texas money man and Bush ally who is already one of Giuliani’s national finance co-chairs.

“Anne Dunsmore is no longer working on our campaign,” Giuliani communications chief Katie Levinson confirmed. “We thank Anne for her service and the departure is amicable.”

Not a good sign on the money front for the Mayor.  A sign of weakness that certainly CAN be exploited.

Will this be the opening for Newt Gingrich?

Or the beginning of Mitt Romney stepping up the self-funding?

Stay tuned….

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Rudy Giuliani Watch: MoveOn Betray Us Ad FEC Flap

Giuliani Poll Watch: Florida - Rudy Leads While Romney Sinks

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy on Ahmadinejad at Columbia University

Giuliani Poll Watch: Florida - Rudy Continues To Lead

Running with Rudy at NASCAR in New Hampshire

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy vs. MoveOn.org

Giuliani Poll Watch: New Hampshire - Rudy Playing Catch Up with Romney

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy Vs Hillary and Hillary’s Surrogate - MoveOn.org

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Hillary Clinton Smeared General Petraeus - The New York Times Ad

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Hillary Clinton Smeared General Petraeus

Rudy Giuliani on Iran President Ahmadinejad’s appearance today at Columbia University:

SEAN HANNITY: “You had as Mayor of New York a number of confrontations with some of these leaders and now we have this controversy at Columbia today with Mahmud Ahmadinejad and the invitation by Columbia. Your thoughts?”

MAYOR GIULIANI: “My thoughts are he should never have been invited in the first place. I think this is a distinguished lecture series, what it suggests is you make a selection right? But thousands of people conceivably would want to speak at Columbia, they only pick a certain number, and it would seem to me you don’t pick somebody who is the biggest—the head of the government that’s the biggest sponsor of state terrorism in the world, a government that is by every indication that we have presently engaged in activities that are resulting in the death of American troops., someone who has threatened the existence of the state of Israel, denied the Holocaust. I heard some of his answers on the Holocaust, of course they were absurd. The idea that it needs further research. I think the fact of the Holocaust has been pretty darn well established, doesn’t need further research. This is just part of his constant refrain of anti-Semitism, threats on Israel, threats on the United States. … Doing this, giving him this kind of status–even though the President of Columbia introduced him with an insult, he just responded with an insult–I believe this may underscore some of their fantasies that they really do have a world stage and that they really should be taken seriously and maybe they can fool us and maybe they can fool a certain number of us. So I think this is a damaging thing doing something like this with someone as deranged as Ahmadinejad is. You have no idea what you’re playing with here. So why would you invite him to a distinguished lecture series?”

HANNITY: “While Bollinger in his introduction said his views were ridiculous, the Holocaust is not an issue in dispute, that his arguments were absurd.”

GIULIANI: “But then he turned the podium over to him.”

HANNITY: “Well then he turned the podium over to him and I’ll tell you what was more frightening to me, immediately thereafter, here was Ahmadinejad basically saying he found the introduction insulting but more importantly I want you to listen to the students’ reactions and clapping for Ahmadinejad in the background. … Does that student reaction frighten you as much as it does me?”

GIULIANI: “Well here’s—this is really to my point, Sean. It frightens me because I don’t know what kind of reaction Ahmadinejad has to that, which means he comes away from this thinking, hey there’s a strong level of support for me in the United States of America, maybe I can push these people a little further, maybe I can take advantage of them a little bit more. That’s why I say in spite of the fact that the president of Columbia introduced him with an insult, he turned the podium over to him and he comes away from it. Ahmadinejad comes away from it saying, ‘Sure there are people there that don’t like me and opposed me and booed me, but hey, there were an awful lot of people there that applauded for me too. So I have some support there.’ And who knows what that results in when you’re dealing—look we have to come to the conclusion that Ahmadinejad is an irrational man. You don’t say the things he says if you’re working on, kind of a rational script. The denial of the Holocaust, the threat of—against Israel, the ways in which he gives five different versions of every single answer. This is a man who’s living in this fantasy world of jihad and world domination by Islamic extremism.”

HANNITY: “And providing the weaponry to kill American troops.”

GIULIANI: “And providing weaponry right now, right as we’re speaking possibly taking the lives of American troops. And we hand him a podium at Columbia University. And have no idea of what impact that can have on him? And the idea that it’s in the name of free speech, well that isn’t correct. Not everybody gets to speak at Columbia. …”

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Rudy’s again RIGHT…….

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Giuliani Poll Watch: Florida - Rudy Continues To Lead

Running with Rudy at NASCAR in New Hampshire

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy vs. MoveOn.org

Giuliani Poll Watch: New Hampshire - Rudy Playing Catch Up with Romney

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy Vs Hillary and Hillary’s Surrogate - MoveOn.org

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Hillary Clinton Smeared General Petraeus - The New York Times Ad

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Hillary Clinton Smeared General Petraeus

The Flap began last week and MoveOn.org began airing this ad in Iowa Monday.

But, will the ad have the desired effect of “poisoning the well” with GOP voters? Or will the ad highlight the argument that Rudy is the most electable GOP candidate against Hillary Clinton?

Listen to Rudy’s response:

Flap thinks the ad as bogus as it is - Giuliani quit the Iraq Study Group when it became apparent he could not keep the time committment and the major conflict this would have on his Presidential campaign HELPS Rudy in Iowa and with national fundraising.

Stay tuned……..

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Giuliani Poll Watch: New Hampshire - Rudy Playing Catch Up with Romney

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy Vs Hillary and Hillary’s Surrogate - MoveOn.org

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Hillary Clinton Smeared General Petraeus - The New York Times Ad

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Hillary Clinton Smeared General Petraeus

New York Times = Left Wing Fringe Rag

Rudy Giuliani’s Road to the White House

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy - Hillary Clinton Spewing Political Venom

Giuliani Florida Poll Watch: Rudy 28% Thompson 17% Romney 11%

Giuliani Poll Watch: Rudy Continues Lead in Latest Washington Post-ABC News Poll

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Republican presidential hopeful and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, center, and his wife Judith Giuliani, center left, throw flowers into a reflecting pool at the World Trade Center site, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007 in New York City. The ceremony marks the 6th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington D.C.

Washington Post-ABC News Poll GOP NUTS:

Rudy - 28%

Fred Thompson - 19%

John McCain - 18%

Mitt Romney - 10%

Mike Huckabee - 5%

The race is tightening and in other polls Fred Thompson has received a bump. But, Romney continues to trail every where except New Hampshire, Iowa and Michigan.

Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, trails Mitt Romney in Iowa and New Hampshire among Republican voters, and he lags behind Fred Thompson in South Carolina. But Giuliani is only a few points behind the leader in New Hampshire and South Carolina–within the poll’s margin of error–suggesting that the race in those two states is too tight for anyone to be declared a clear front-runner.

Stay tuned…….

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Giuliani Poll Watch: California Lead Narrows for Rudy

Giuliani Poll Watch: Rudy Continues to Lead in Latest Gallup Poll

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Theodore Olson to Become Attorney General?

The Giuliani Approach to Cleaning Up Iraq

Giuliani Poll Watch: Ohio and Pennsylvania Favor Rudy

Giuliani Poll Watch: South Carolina - Rudy and Fred in Dead Heat

Will Governor Haley Barbour Be Rudy Giuliani’s Pick for Vice President?

Will McCain Back Rudy?

Republican Presidential Rudy Giuliani, right, and his wife Judith Nathan, center, listen as former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson speaks during a news conference in Washington, Monday, March 12, 2007.

Will Rudy lose another key supporter to the Bush Administration?

Perhaps

President Bush is expected to choose a replacement for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales by the middle of next week, and former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson has emerged as one of the leading contenders for the job, according to sources inside and outside the government who are familiar with White House deliberations.

Other candidates still in the running include former deputy attorney general George J. Terwilliger III and D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Laurence H. Silberman, according to the sources, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the discussions.

Rudy also lost former Congressman Jim Nussle from Iowa to be President Bush’s Budget Director.

So, CRAP………..

By the way, Olson will make a fine AG…….

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The Giuliani Approach to Cleaning Up Iraq

Giuliani Poll Watch: Ohio and Pennsylvania Favor Rudy

Giuliani Poll Watch: South Carolina - Rudy and Fred in Dead Heat

Will Governor Haley Barbour Be Rudy Giuliani’s Pick for Vice President?

Will McCain Back Rudy?

Will the Giuliani campaign attack the internet to contend with Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney?

Well, they have the resources. Let’s see if they use them on the NEW MEDIA and solicit contributions from his support base.
Stay tuned.

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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy Leading Hillary 47% to 44% in Latest National Rasmussen Poll

Rudy Giuliani Watch: Today’s Presidential Polls

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