Giuliani Is Reported to Have Hired High-Powered G.O.P. Fund-Raiser

Giuliani Is Reported to Have Hired High-Powered G.O.P. Fund-Raiser

By PATRICK HEALY
Published: May 5, 2006

Ramping up his political operation, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has hired a former director of President Bush's six-figure donation programs to raise money for his political action committee.

An adviser to Mr. Giuliani, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the fund-raiser, Anne Dickerson, is focused on helping Republican candidates in the 2006 election. Yet given her donor lists, Ms. Dickerson will also expand Mr. Giuliani's own fund-raising base if he chooses to run for president in 2008.

Mr. Giuliani confirmed Monday, during a trip to help candidates in Iowa, that he was weighing a presidential bid and wondering if he stands a chance of victory, given that his support for abortion rights, gay rights and gun control is considered detestable to many Republican voters. He said he would decide after the November elections.

In recent months, Republican allies of Mr. Giuliani have said that they had urged him to build a top-tier team for 2008 and to hire people in addition to his former City Hall aides. Ms. Dickerson's hiring may be a sign that he is taking that advice. Mr. Giuliani, who now oversees a private consulting firm and is a named partner in a Texas-based law firm, declined to comment. It is unclear if Ms. Dickerson would continue with a Giuliani '08 campaign.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/05/nyregion/05rudy.html

it won't take long to discover that every "high-powered" rethug fundraiser has a million broken bones in closets. they all work in the same circles... it's all polluted.

He's an ass with an enormous ego. He will self destruct before he ever gets near the WH.

he is so highly overrated, specially by himself. He will use 9/11 to his advantage until he is in his grave.

mistress visit while the wife and kids are still living at the mansion.

After all, Randy Rudy has had three wives and two mistresses - admit it, he's the GOPs dream candidate. :7

gay rights. Why should McCain have the exclusive right to be a political whore? I believe Guiliani will eventually do whatever it takes (no prisoners) to be a player.

just asking??

Let's face it, most of America knows him only from our memories of the days following 9/11. He's got a free meal anywhere in the country, the high end price tag on the lecture circuit, and fortune 500 companies falling over themselves to add him to the board of directors.

Right now, he's remembered as a strong leader, just because he cried with us. And he can probably milk that for life, cause no one is going to remember all the creepy shit about him so long as steers clear of candidacy. But the second he tries running for president, he's gonna have to answer questions about his personal life and his political policies.

the 9-11 thing is getting old rudi.