Texas Gov Goes Giuliani

Fred Thompson outraised Rudy Giuliani in Texas this quarter by a margin of $1.2 million to $970,000. But this morning Giuliani picked up the coveted endorsement of Lone Star Governor Rick Perry, a potential VP nominee.

The Giuliani campaign hopes Perry will help them shore up support among the right flank of the party, particularly social conservatives. Perry said Giuliani assured him that he would appoint "strict constructionist" judges to the Supreme Court, like John Roberts and Samuel Alito.

As I reported in my recent article, "Rudy's Dirty Money," the ties between the Perry and Giuliani camps run deep. Giuliani's new chief fundraiser, Houston day-trader Jim Lee, bundled hundreds of thousands of dollars for Perry's campaigns and was appointed last year to the board overseeing Texas's $96 billion public school employee pension fund. Other top Giuliani fundraisers, like corporate raider Boone Pickens and Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks, have also donated generously to Perry.

Moreover, Perry has been a major booster of a controversial proposed toll superhighway, known as the Trans-Texas Corridor, which Rudy's law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, has helped represent.

Comments (14)

1. "Perry said Giuliani assured him that he would appoint "strict constructionist" judges to the Supreme Court, like John Roberts and Samuel Alito."

   Rev. Dobson put the skeer into Rudy (prob some Repubs too). Seems not EVERYBODY (despite LVLIB and HAPPY types) is willing to vote for ...

   "the lesser of two baby-killers!"

   (Interestingly, this is almost IDENTICAL to the plot-line of the last season of "The West Wing" where a pro-choice Repub gets the nomination "Arnold Vinick" has problems with his Right, and gets his Veep candidate to promise them that "he'll be there to push Arnie in the right direction on judges"!)

   Posted by Mask at 10/17/2007 @ 2:29pm

2. Goodness....Abortion-on-demand IS YOUR LIFE's CALLING! There isn't much sense to pound this "the lesser of two baby-killers!"....as POTUS, Rudy will stand pat on the issue anyhow!

   Perry's going w/Rudy is pretty big!

   Posted by Happy at 10/17/2007 @ 6:26pm

3. as POTUS, Rudy will stand pat on the issue anyhow!----Posted by HAPPY 10/17/2007 @ 6:26pm

   What does "stand pat" MEAN, HAPP? That he'll be the new "pro-life kinda" Rudy who's trying to woo the Religious Right...

   or old Rudy who favored "partial birth" abortion?

   Posted by Mask at 10/17/2007 @ 8:00pm

4. He won't put forth an Amendment either for or against Abortion...seems obvious...thought you'd understand!

   Posted by Happy at 10/17/2007 @ 9:59pm

5. Just how beautiful! Well, bring 'em on, those 7 dwarfs and the white snow. Read this. ---------

   Republican candidates united against Clinton By Steve Holland Wed Oct 17, 2:57 PM ET

   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates have determined who the enemy is in the 2008 election, and her name is Hillary Clinton.

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   Although they have been squabbling among themselves over who among them is the real conservative, they all agree they want to prevent the leading Democratic presidential candidate from winning the November 2008 presidential election.

   Posted by HelenDAO at 10/17/2007 @ 10:02pm

6. Posted by HAPPY 10/17/2007 @ 9:59pm

   Doesn't have to, HAPP....just nominate the "sure thing 'pro-lifer'" DAVID SOUTER type judges that Dubya's Dad did.

   I know you're fairly cynical, as I am. Why the rose-colored glasses that "President Rudy" is going to be a Dubya-reincarnate on social issues??? And not his Dad-41?

   Posted by Mask at 10/17/2007 @ 10:29pm

7. "President Rudy"

   Posted by MASK 10/17/2007 @ 10:29pm

   bite your tongue (fingers)!

   Posted by frosty zoom at 10/17/2007 @ 10:35pm

8. Posted by FROSTY ZOOM 10/17/2007 @ 10:35pm

   HAPPY has already made it pretty clear (on a thread a few days back). He's willing to ignore Rudy's "past" flirtations with being pro-choice, as long as he keeps us "winning" in Iraq and keeps the Bush tax cuts.

   It's the LOVELY dilemma the Right is faced with. Giuliani's the only one who even gets close to beating Hillary (not much lately)...but he's more liberal on social issues than some Democrats.

   But "keeping the fight on terror going" (i.e.holding the WH), to HAPP, even LVLIB, is more important than a President who will "sell out the babies"!

   Posted by Mask at 10/17/2007 @ 10:42pm

9. Posted by MASK 10/17/2007 @ 10:42pm

   all i have to do is read this:

   "Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."

   -- Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani

   Posted by frosty zoom at 10/17/2007 @ 10:58pm

10. just nominate the "sure thing 'pro-lifer'" DAVID SOUTER type judges that Dubya's Dad did....

    Posted by MASK 10/17/2007 @ 10:29pm

    Maybe, maybe not....abortion is a much higher priority for the Dems than most Repubs and Indies........Rudy certainly won't be in control of the timing(s)! Anyhow, I sure hope THAT one issue will NOT forever be the basis of how our SC Justices are chosen....kinda sick, really!

    You are overly focused on this....perhaps as your assignment here was for.....as you point out, even LL can accept Rudy.....that's just a reality! Overall, I'd NOT want any GOP Nominee to take a hard anti-Abortion stand since IMHO, it will lose more votes than gain. Conversely, a GOP Nominee that takes a strong pro-abortion stand, again IMHO, will gain more votes than lose.

    Posted by Happy at 10/17/2007 @ 11:34pm

11. Forgot to add: fighting terror is more important than abortion, but not as important as a strong economy, low unemployment and tolerable inflation!

    Posted by Happy at 10/17/2007 @ 11:36pm

12. Bush a laughing stock? Despite this nixonian aproval rate, the guy's holding onto the office. Illusion? Dislusion? Paranoia? Dyslexia? Or all in one at the same time? Read this.

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    Voters unhappy with Bush and Congress

    Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:32pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deepening unhappiness with President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress soured the mood of Americans and sent Bush's approval rating to another record low this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

    Bush's job approval rating fell to 24 percent from last month's record low for a Zogby poll of 29 percent. A paltry 11 percent gave Congress a positive grade, tying last month's record low.

    Posted by HelenDAO at 10/18/2007 @ 12:16am

13. Tricky Ricky only won his last election by 39% of the vote. This crook likes to use our tax dollars shift our freeways to tollways, and he's been pushing his Trans Texas Corridor (TTC) land grab on Texans as well.

    Watch this YouTube VIDEO of Mr. 39%: http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=cVmeD_UBhc4 [youtube.com]

    Posted by sal costello at 10/18/2007 @ 07:42am

14. Forgot to add: fighting terror is more important than abortion, but not as important as a strong economy, low unemployment and tolerable inflation!

    Posted by HAPPY 10/17/2007 @ 11:36pm

    Okay, HAPP...so the rankings of importance are...

    1. Strong economy

    2. Low unemployment

    3. Tolerable inflation

    4. Fighting terrorism

    and maybe, if at all, 5. Abortion and the social issues.

    Cool....we now have put the social cons on notice.

    Posted by Mask at 10/18/2007 @ 09:30am