Rudy's response:

"Remember 9/11."

The only reason why this would pose a problem is if people working understood they would be paid.

People volunteer behind their candadite all the time. Or at least they should.

I know I have!!

Rudy will somehow take credit for this. Watch.

that's a great way to keep up staff morale. Go Rudy! Didn't you make millions off your 9/11 fame? Spend your own cash if you wanna be president so bad, why don't you?

Giuliani has no chance of winning. He's broke. He's wasting all his time and resources in Florida.

Fool!

Huckabee was on CNN this morning and said he didn't release that convicted serial rapist- he just paroled him. Parole and release many the same thing! And of course the CNN lady just sat there and didn't call him on it. What sorority did you get her from???

Your done Rudy…your strategy is helping both John McCain and Mike Huckabee. My opinion is Ruby and Romney are finished in this race. Thompson and Huckabee may stick it out for a while but will eventually fade and drop out. Who wins the nomination and presidency? John McCain and Joe Lieberman will beat Obama and hjis running mate Edwards handily.

So how do we know that CNN isn't lying again ??????

This can't be real. 9/11 hasn't been brought into it.

And who is going to win?

Huck, the Christian pacifist socialist nannystater?
McCain, the grumpy old RINO?
Mitt, the flip-flopper?

Rudy isn't doing well, but he towers over those guys

If you are a suppporter, send him cash!

McCain, the grumpy old RINO is a much better chose than that crooked womanizing Giuliani!!

If you can give me Barack Oboma vs. either Giuliani or Fred Thompson, I will not care about the election this year. Oboma is a bad ass and so is Giuliani and Fred. If you have liberal view vote Giuliani and if you have conservative views then vote Fred… McCain is not a badass and ran very divisive campaigns when he ran for senate. Huckabee is like a republican version of Howard Dean (He says stupid things). Ron Paul is just planning on running as a third party and probably gets money from MoveOn.soros and other extreme organizations (even if he is serious he does not represent the ideas of democrats enough for me to vote for him.).

Gee–Rudy asks staff to work without pay–Romney pull ads from South Carolina and Florida–Obama pull in 8 million dollars in 8 days—Rove attacks Obama and praises Hillary!

RUDY …RUDY…RUDY …….to all those doubters, be gone after Feb 5th …out best overall Rep candidate ; McCain (conservative fraud) and Huckabee (Ronald Reagan, you ain't) will not win in Nov against any Dem candidate…wake up ! RUDY CAN AND WILL BEAT HILLARY !

Ahhhh……THIS is where all the democrats are hanging out all day. I guess I would to but I need to get to work now to help pay for all your social welfare programs.

PACK IT UP RUDY

Have you wonder why Giuliani lost to Clinton FOR .the senate? … In New York. No less.!
Most new Yorkers know Giuiliani for his dictator mentality.. thinks like HUGO CHAVEZ.

Why is this being raised negatively ….it is actually a great demonstration of his fiscal conservatism and his abilities to manage and lead a campaign trading off various options to win the Rep nomination.Don't let his Rep competitors fool you along with most of all, the liberal media who know that Rudy would be a formidable candidate against Hillary or Obama ie especially Hillary. They are trying to stop him anyway they can !

The Daily Kos calls for Michigan democrats to cross-over and vote for Mitt Romney in their GOP primary.

CNN is not going to question Hillary and her no women is illgal statement of yesterday in Nevada.

Is CNN going to an analysis of the economic policies of the D front runners to show the American people just how much of their money is going to dissappear. They calim to be for the middle class, but all of us in the middle are going to have less to spend when they get done giving everything to everybody.

With all the millions of dollars Rudy made by cashing on on 9/11, you'd think he'd be able to pay his people. If this is an indicator of his financial abilities, then no one should vote for Rudy for ANY office - even dog catcher….

What??? If it doesn't pay to support pure evil, WTH is this world coming to?

Rudy is the only republican candidate who has a chance in heck to beat a democrat in 2008. Nothing more to be said.

He runs his campaign fiscally conservative….and his policies are socially liberal….smells like a moderate to me….hey….doesn't 70% of the country describe themselves that way too?? 70% of us are moderates….regardless of which party you below to….and he's the only moderate running….

Rudy said that the coffers were filled to the nine. Eleven days later al Qaeda may have transferred the money out of the account.

JDel: Giuliani dropped out of the Senate race due to his prostate cancer. He would have beaten the snot out of Hilary in the election. Believe it or not, but there's MORE to New York STATE than just NYC. Upstate loves Rudy.

Rudy will do well to make this race go to convention. Ron Paul is still growing exponentially, he should peak for super Tuesday, be a delegate.

But my city was attacked… I can be a good president, really.

Agreed, Jim at 10:13am. Rudy is our best shot to keep the White House.

This is the Rudy that New Yorkers know about and have been waiting to surface - behind the press events and prepared speeches is a guy who expects his staff to sacrifice everthing, including their own livelihoods, for his needs, and expects total loyalty and fielty without giving any to the people who walk through fire for him.

You can be sure that this is how a President Rudy will act, filling government with sycophantic yes-men and (maybe) women who will be expected to do little else but take his phone calls and implement his edicts.

In other words, the money's drying up.

Now thats commitment!!!

I wouldn't work for him even if he paid me.

Wonder what's in it for them if he gets the nod from the GOP and gets elected?

Rudy's campaign is beginning to look amateurish!

Rudy is a great movie about a walk-on football player at Notre Dame.

…nothing else………

Lets set things straight from the start, I voted for George Bush. ….What Republicans fail to notice is that over 70% of the nation wants the war over. 5 out of the 6 candidates support continuing the war. If you elect any of these candidates, the republicans will not win, plain and simple. You have one choice if you want a true republican in the white house and i will not mention his name in fear of being censored.

He probably spent all the funds to buy gifts for both his wife and his current girl friend. They're both very high-maintenance, ya know.

With this revelation, it really should make supporters wonder if Rudy will have enough money to make it to Super Dooper Tuesday in February. Rudy should be talking more about his previous experience as a U.S. Attorney; who did he prosecute and his successes and failures there. What specifically did Rudy do in New York that made it better? How was it recieved by those that live and work there? Did he work with the city council to get it done in a bipartisan fashion? If not, then how does he expect to work with Congress?

If all Rudy talks about is September of 2001, then he is flogging a dead horse. He did an okay job that day and for the weeks after, but nothing he did really got the city ready for an attack like that. Forsight is something the next president should have. If he keeps say that we need to be on the "offense in the war on terror," then he needs to relook at "the war." It will need more than just soldiers and marines to go and fight large battles just in one country. There needs to be other aspects that support our friends and changes minds.

Rudy was done form the start, He did not seam to want to want hard enough to win. His idea of missing in Iowa and NH was a terribe idea for someone that wanted to become President.

Rudy, there will be parting gifts at the door. Thanks for participating.

So McCain is broke, Rudy, Huckabee and Thompson are all almost broke and Romney has $500M left to spend. The advantage here is clearly to Romney, but Paul still has a lot of that $20M left and that allows him to stay on the air when the others (except Romney) are silenced and fighting each other for free media. This is going to the convention and I think it will be pretty darn ugly. What fun!

Rudy was hated in NYC before 9/11. Got a bump from the attack. Hey wasn't that Hillary Clinton walking beside him with a face mask on trudging through the muck and sadness of Ground Zero? I think so! I say Hillary is the real New Yorker in race. Let Rudy and his trophy wife and his butt-buddy Kerik go and make their millions overseas. HILLARY IN 2008!!!!

Rudy will be fine; his finance problems aren't nearly as bad as 9/11 was. Boy, 9/11 was a tough day. But this? This is nothing. Not compared to 9/11.

To reiterate: 9/11.

Perhaps he should hire some illegal aliens?
That would help free up some resources!

We need the repbulican bsae to rise up with one voice and demand a true conservative for the general election. Someone with untouchable military experience, incredible goodwill with the American people and respect worldwide……..Colin Powell.

i had great regard for the likes of pres. clinton until he unjustly and ignorantly uttered some unfounded claim that sen. barack obama's judgements are a fairy tale. i urge him not to tarnish his own image because his wife is running for the oval office.

Why doesn't Rudy use some of that money he has made over the years exploiting 9/11 to cover his staff?

I think that either Rudy or Huck are our best chance to KILL the Hajis and that is what I want to do..So who ever gets the nod is who I will vote for…I cant believe the stupidity of of all the weak sisters in America who have no constitution for war..It is never chosen but in the end very needed..Not to sure about Iraq, (or Bush for that matter)..For the reasons of 1) Bush is a turd and 2) We should have KILLED every living thing in Afghanistan several times over and then began working our way carpet bombing the border zones of Pakistan. We should have also Killed Mushareff as well. Then lastly told the Saudi Royal family they had 2 hours to pack their s..t and get out because the palace walls were about to become fill dirt.

For those who think Rudy is our best shot:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/national.html
McCain is the only one who can win.

OK, so you're protecting him. I get it. I expected it. Everyone knows you like him and that affects how you cover him. But hey, a lot of people in AZ and NV know about McCain's gambling problems. It will come out in the general election whether you like it or not. Deleting my comment doesn't make it any less true, folks. Have a nice day.

Who was Rudy Juliani on September 10th?

He was a has been mayor, getting his second divorce (first wife was a cousin), and was no where in the ratings - and he was full of hatred. Look at his side kick Kerick - how could someone so sleazy be so close to Juliani, and him not know it?

September 11 - He suddenly became a hero - and I will admit, he did a good job of keeping NYC together, although it was not just him, but he was the face.

Basically skipping the first races of the nominating process is a terrible insult to the people of those states and to the whole process. Talk about a cynical old-school politicians and you have to put Rudy on the list.

If I here him mention 9/11 as the reason for xyz once more I may puke.

Goodbye and goodnight Rudy. Thank you for your service, please go back to shaking down people, companies and countries with your consulting firm.

If they are staffers they should be paid…if they are volunteers they do it for free….duh

ON Sept 10th he was just a mayor having fun being an adulterer…then Sept 11th he was now perceived as some kind of HERO????

Why doesn't Rudy employ those budgeting skills he keeps harping about?!

This guy should worry about his connections to Brenard Kerik and hope he stays out of trouble. The presidency is way over his head

Rudy go back to your multimillion consulting firm…and consult how to get more money for yourself…..and Judith of course…..

RUDY is asking for contributions through this responsible 'volunteer' action.
RUDY is not 'begging' for money to continue.
RUDY backers and would-be-supporters should not wait but respond now.
GOOGLE: RUDY 2008 and locate the web. Contribute.
VOLUNTEERS are also being requested. Same web site.
BIG MESSAGE. TODAY.
RUDY. TESTED. READY. NOW.

Rudy Tested…ready….now…Hurry Judith before it's too late……hurry….all darn…Rudy it is TOO LATE FOR YOU>>>>face reality……you are a has been!!!!

"ON Sept 10th he was just a mayor having fun being an adulterer…"

-I bet you are a Clinton fan too… I wonder how many people on here are paid by MoveOn.soros or the Clinton team… Anyone who really likes Clinton FEARS Rudy Giuliani. I love it.

Hey, if my man Ron can beat then anybody can beat him!

Mccain would be super as well. I am concerned that the stress of the job would be more than he can deal with at his age. I would be willing to vote for him depending on who he has for a vice president. Mccain is truly a GREAT American. I think Rudy would be a great war president due to the fact that this whole thing that the U.S is schlogging through will break wide open again if the Hajis see a weak pres take over..i.e Obama, or Hillary…I do not have anything negative to say about them except that we need to stay tough or all those American lives we have lost will be for not.

Florida is mine Rudy, your taunting of 9-11 do not help there, pack your bags and hit the road jack.

You have to remember, the 9/10 Rudy was not well liked, he was not very popular with most people in New York. Then 9/11 came along and he, rightfully at that point, enjoyed a huge upswing in popularity due to his actions. I always heard from friend in New York that 49 states know him mostly because of 9/11 but that as soon as America figured out what New York knew about him on 9/10, he wouldn't stand a chance of being elected.

Rudy will still win the nomination. After Florida and Super Tuesday, it will all be over. Rudy wins over Hillary Clinton in November.

oh oh oh rudy… why don't you get katherine harris to donate to your campaign?

houstonray — "You have to remember, the 9/10 Rudy was not well liked"

HAHAHAHA, houstonray, I bet you are paid by the Clinton team or MoveOn.soros (as everyone is calling it) to be on here. silly.

Rudy will never be able to take away Florida's illegal alien vote from Liberal Democrat John McCain who has the backing of Ted Kennedy and Al Gore's running mate Joe Lieberman. Even if Rudy won in the primary, George W Bush is going to win in the general election because the H1-B Indian computer programmer responsible for programming the Diebold voting machines moved to Ohio.

Gee I am notsayin…but Rudy is not ready nor tested to be the leader of this great nation…he doesn't have the integrity….INTEGRITY…..do you know what that is???

Gosh "not saying" I have a job, work for a big company, and have been here for 15 years.

I've looked and there are just no Clinton's or Soros' on my paycheck at all. I have my own free thoughts and ideas and no one tells me what to say….

most of u r idiots, i feel sorry 4 u. hillary will be the next president, change is a cliche and u r all falling 4 it.. u can't have change without innovation. hill will bring innovation, innovation is the catalyst for change.

Notsaying must be not saying because he is just embarrassed to admit that he still supports a loser like Rudy…..too bad….

"I've looked and there are just no Clinton's or Soros' on my paycheck at all. I have my own free thoughts and ideas and no one tells me what to say…."

-Hillary, is that you?

Go ahead, Rudy, promise 'em the moon. Maybe you'll pick up an extra vote or two.

9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11

Let's all hope Rudy doesn't win the nomination. He is unelectable in a general election. He will fall apart. We won't even have to wait for November to know, for the next 4 years, our country will be beholden to a novice or a narcissist.

Do you think the Clinton team is afraid of Rudy? They have faced him before, and they were pretty successful. I have to imagine they would love for that to happen again.

Ryan says, "Do you think the Clinton team is afraid of Rudy? They have faced him before, and they were pretty successful. I have to imagine they would love for that to happen again."

Silly Ryan. Rudy was beating Hillary when he dropped out because of prostate cance. Is this the type of misinformation MoveOn.soros told you to post today? I hope they are paying you lots of money to be on message boards all day.

It's really amazing that so many of the Rudy critics give sleezy Bill Clinton a pass on his disgraceful behavior in and out of the White House.
We need Rudy right to guide the ship of state in these troubled times.He's the only one that has the experience and the guts. Go Rudy

ron, I don't think anyone anywhere would call Judy Nathan a trophy wife.

Rudy is a fraud and his run for the roses is coming to an end! Buh-bye!!!

nygrump- amen to that.

Rudy Giuliani is the only candidate that would make the country miss George W. Bush.

Bush has absolutely no respect for the law and the constitution
Giuliani has less than no respect for it.

Anybody working for POS for nothing needs counseling

Guiliani is only a Republican in paper. He is more liberal than the D people I work with. Wake up people!

Bradnyc - you made my day with this line: "Rudy Giuliani is the only candidate that would make the country miss George W. Bush."
Laughed out loud - it is so TRUE!

Guys, Rudy can't spend his own money because he is receiving matching federal funds for his campaign. For anyone receiving matching funds, mixing personal and campaign money is highly illegal.

Because of the constant coverage financial situations receive, for a while the Giuliani campaign attempted to keep his overall balance at 9.11 million dollars.

I hope he runs out of money and drops out. I can't stand looking at that flat-headed, smiling weasel.

Besides, who needs "Rudy and Judy" in the White House — sounds like a puppet show.

Excellent!! Im glad to hear Rudy is running out of money

Proves his TOTAL LACK OF CHARACTER. He's a multi-millionare. She should pay his staff out of his OWN MONEY.

Of all the individuals running (so far… he is the only one who seems to have really questionable character. The RNC is aware of this and I can't see any situation whereby he'd be awarded the nomination.

I can't believe there are people out there who support Giuliani. Are you sheep? The guy's morals are less than stellar, not to mention his ethics. Look at his good buddy, Kerik. The guy is a crook, yet Giuliani knew it and hired him. He was also hated in New York when he was mayor, for good reason.

vivbrandon January 11, 2008 12:39 pm ET

Guiliani is only a Republican in paper. He is more liberal than the D people I work with. Wake up people!

Us liberals don't want to be associated with that creep, either.

I think it is time for Giuliani to focus on the vice-presidency.

Guess they're working for nothing to pay off his huge tax break……………

Hey Rudy…..

Here's an idea for you. Call Ron Paul and BEG to be his VP nominee when he goes third party. He'll laugh at you in all probability, but it might help feed the obvious longing you have to be relevant. It wouldn't make you relevant, but it might give you one last glimmer of what relevance is like.

All of the non-Giullianiites join me for a moment of laughter in memory of Rudy's presidential bid.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA

RIP.

Join the Huckaboom. Coming soon to a town near you.

David-Paul Niner - are you sure that the RNC could act to question rudy's lack of character? After all, the RNC vetted Bush Jr. and had to scramble late in the day to hide.destroy the military and drug use records of baby Bush during the early days of his first campaign…

Well, whats so surprising guys? This should be no news or talking point about Rudy or any other president want-to-be besides Ron Paul. Our new GOP motto, spend, spend, spend, spend, and spend till you are broke!!!

Wake up people!!!

Time for him to move on and us staffers to get back in the real world.

Sorry Rudy, the shelf life on your 9/11 song and dance has been long expired.

The intelligent and the informed won't let your presence in NYC during 9/11 make up for your corruption and ignorance.

If my golden retreiver had been at your desk during the attacks, he would be the "hero". -Only he wouldn't still be cashing in on it.

Back your bags, tough guy. And don't let the door hit you on the @ss on the way out.

Rudy did not lose to Hillary in the NY Senate race. She defeated Rick Lazio. Rudy was forced out for health reasons and some say by information that Hillary had on him. Most likely from the 900 files that she had in the White House illegally. Please get your facts straight before you run your mouth.

Does anyone remember the guy who was counting the number of times Gonzales said 'I don't recall"? I would love to see this guy follow Giuliani around and tally the number of times he says '9/11′ and 'Ronald Reagan'. We sat and watched the debate….. wait for it, wait for it, here it comes…. 9/11! Yes! there it is. wait for it, it's coming, wait , wait, wait for it… Ronald Reagan! Yes! Aaaaaaah! One is never let down by Rudy. His message is consistent….. 9/11, Ronald Reagan.-

Bush: Dictator lite.
Rudy: Dictator. That sound you hear, it's the shredding of the constitution.

Rudy: As you all know, I've faced grimmer scenarios…..

Why keep calling Rudy a "womanizer" his marriage was well over….his ex-wife couldn't find time when he was very sick & if you saw his swearing in to be Mayor of NYC she let her kid get away w/bad manners while Rudy was taking theoath…made no attempt to stop the boy I never saw any parent let a kid get away w/such antics!. Many of the guys running now have had girlfriends & will never marry them. His personal life should never be an issue because many of these same people who are trying to make an issue of it have private lives that would make you blush. Anyway, who is more qualified. A Senator does the least work! Let's face it…a Mayor or Govenor has a much harder job…that's why Senator's don't have to (& most don't if you checked the record)even show up half the time! Mayor's & Govenor's have to be on the front lines every day & work the hardest. Rudy has a great record in everything he did & that was before 911! Why shouldn't he bring 911 up! Which one of the Republican's/Democrat's would too if they could. The government # 1 priority before the economy,health care, & anything else is to PROTECT it's citizens!!! Afterthat, they can work on other important issues.People don't understand or forget that we were INVADED! We have let our guard down & it will happen again……I am a Democrat waiting for a TRUE Democrat to vote for! Why couldn't LIEBERMAN be in the running?

Giuliani's plan is to increase the military in a time when our economy is suffering can be a devastating prospect. I have heard rumors (today again) of a potential second economic depression that could make the 1929's depression look like a walk in the park. Can you say 20% unemployement? Do you like eating cat food? No? So do your homework and vite wisely. We can't afford to live beyond our means anymore, people, we borrow, print and overtax to survive. Our federal government is killing us all. Giuliani (and most of the others) has no plan to achieve peace, or to ever stop spending billions of dollars on other countries. He has no plan, first of all, to stop sending billions of dollars to support the military dictator in Pakistan. We are internationally hated more than ever, only now we are also hated by non-Muslims countries, and Giuliani would make things worse for Americans. He also has absolutely no plans to stop borrowing money from China. England's standard of living is now higher than ours for the first time since the 19th Century, and Giuliani's dreams for military expansion would certainly place a huge financial burden on the tax payer. He also has no decent plan to balance the budget because you can't balance a budget when you are planning on a multi-billion-dollar military expansion, and we can't balance the budget until we stop borrowing money. We are not rich, we live on credit, and what will happen when we can no longer make those interest payments? Giuliani is not fiscally responsible and he could be the worst mistake we ever make. And he is NOT alone, it is time voters in this country to wake and do their homework.

hmmm Rudy, do you plan to pay the soldiers and government workers while you are president? This is just absurd.

I guess, technically, no person is illegal. She can say that and not be proven wrong. However there are many people commiting illegal acts and anyone that slipped across the border in the middle of the night is in the country illegally. No one will call her on that either. She continually get a free ride on any subject.

Your done Rudy…your strategy is helping both John McCain and Mike Huckabee. My opinion is Ruby and Romney are finished in this race. Thompson and Huckabee may stick it out for a while but will eventually fade and drop out. Who wins the nomination and presidency? John McCain and Joe Lieberman will beat Obama and hjis running mate Edwards handily.

Just one problem with your strategy the American people are not going to vote for Bush part III. Everyone knows that Alf's dad…I mean Joe Lieberman is nothing more than a career politician. Examine the facts…once a so called democrat until the democrats figured him out…then he became "an independent" out of desperation, but with the help and money of the repuke party he got to sit in a tarnished seat a little longer. Joe was the demise of Al Gore and no repuke is going to vote for a go with the flow flip flopper like Alf's dad. Please people let's learn from the horrible last 7 years, grow up, think for yourselves and for God's sake see threw the scare tactics. Vote for the future of our country not your party.
signed,
The other Christopher

QUOTE - John McCain and Joe Lieberman will beat Obama and hjis running mate Edwards handily.

put down the kool-aid my friend. that ticket doesn't stand a chance.
Giuliani was suppose to be the repub golden boy 6 months ago. what happened? unless a legitimate scandal comes out about one of the democratic front runners, then one of them is going to moonwalk into the white house. the GOP have nobody right now.

QUOTE - John McCain and Joe Lieberman will beat Obama and hjis running mate Edwards handily.

put down the kool-aid my friend. that ticket doesn't stand a chance.
Giuliani was suppose to be the repub golden boy 6 months ago. what happened? unless a legitimate scandal comes out about one of the democratic front runners, then one of them is going to moonwalk into the white house. the GOP have nobody right now.

CNN is a fraud. Until it gets back to the fair and impartial journalism it USED to be known for, its just another biased outlet trying to spin America on its handlers agenda.

For shame!

vivbrandon January 11, 2008 12:39 pm ET

Guiliani is only a Republican in paper. He is more liberal than the D people I work with. Wake up people!

Hey viv, I believe you meant "on paper" and did your mommy leave for work before she helped you spell democrat? More proof folks that the "No Child Left Behind" program is priceless. Remember Repukes stand for hidden taxes with everything on credit with commie countries like China, Russia and the fine country of Mexico (not commie but still crappy). Tax and spend works…only spend what you have in the bank. The days of the corporations and the 1% are over. Please change the Rudy channel before he starts drag for dollars again.

see today's paper - RUDY JUST PROMISED THE LARGEST TAX CUT IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY

Giuliani is finished… he just hides behind 9/11 .

he can't win FL. and he is going to get hammered on Feb 5.

McCain going to be the comeback kid but will lose the election to Obama. OBAMA ROCKS.

KEY:

Any one democratic candidate is head and shoulders over the entire team of Republican candidates. We have the makings of a fantastic Cabinet. Rudy will always be the choice of people like you who refuse to read and to think.

Does anybody find it concerning one of our presidential candidates (Obama) belongs to a church with a "non-negotiable commitment to Africa". The church is called' Trinity United Church of Christ, also you have to be of certain race to belong to this church. I find this disturbing shouldn't our president have a non-negotiable commitment to the US. If you would like to check out the church for yourself the website is http://www.tucc.org/about.htm

Rudy's reputation was mud before 9/11. New York would have risen following 9/11 with or without him. If he's turns out to be the Republican nominee watch the party split big time. The fireworks will be interesting!!!!

Holla,

You don't understand The Ticker. They give us news bits like this so people like us will be submit our comments. And it works!

RELAX! This means nothing in the overall scheme of things. Campaign staffers have had their pay suspended in virtually every Presidential campaign for several candidates. Look for Rudy to win big in Florida and watch the big donors line-up to contribute.

Rudy by 8 pts in November…..

Rudy,
I have a seat reserved here in hell for you right next to Mussolini and Franco.

A simple solution…why doesn't Rudy simply put the unpaid staffers on the NYCPD payrolls and then pay them to drive him around on his "personal errands"?

Rudy for President…NOT!!!

McCain, the grumpy old RINO is a much better chose than that crooked womanizing Giuliani!!

I'm sure his trophy wife would agree! I think you meant "choice" not chose. Just goes to show if can't speak English don't write…in fact ,please don't express your opinion at all. You only look as ridiculous as the current unelected President. Leave the voting to those in the population that progressed past second grade. Boy that sure leaves a lot of folks out in the southern states.

Rudi needs to give it up. He's on his last leg. Right wing conservatives will never support him.

College students across the nation will begin to incorporate political debates into their drinking games.

Every time Rudy mentions Ronald Reagan, take a drink.

Every time Rudy mentions 9/11, take 2 drinks.

Now that's alot of beer.

This is "Mr. Fiscal Responsibility"?

Mister G January 11, 2008 2:31 pm ET

RELAX! This means nothing in the overall scheme of things. Campaign staffers have had their pay suspended in virtually every Presidential campaign for several candidates. Look for Rudy to win big in Florida and watch the big donors line-up to contribute.

Rudy by 8 pts in November…..

What color is the sky on your planet? If drag queen Rudy were so confident is his run he wouldn't be playing the match the money game with our tax dollars. BTW those little 8 points in the big scheme of things would mean nothing. It's the total count that cuts to the bottom line. Do you really understand this process? New to this country, or are you just joining the program already destroyed by Rove and his evil Diebold machine courtesy of Ken Blackwell? Can hardly wait to see how Rove will spin his attacks on Obama after he wins the nomination. Can everyone say racism? Of course it won't fly in the black districts of the south as the Klan is out numbered unlike Rove's chapter in Texas.

Rudy, you can’t be president of the United States, on just 9/11. Think ahead, you just might have a chance. NOT!

How is Rudy going to pay for the war and give America the largest tax cut in history. Oh yeah, charge it on the China credit card!

Only a neocon warmonger will be allowed to win this fraudulent election. If that was not the plan the states would not be using the voting machines. There is no substitute for paper ballots if the aim is accuracy. We must look very foolish to the rest of the world when we preach about democracy and fair elections.

This sums it up nicely ….

–BBob

Maybe Rudy can get a loan from Ron Paul….

Bwahhahahahahaha!!!!!

If Rudy needs money, why not ask one of his wives!!!

What's the matter Rudy, you spent all of the 9/11 fund?

Whay anyone would even volunteer for this jerk's campaign is a mystery to me. Oh, that's right, I forgot the "911," the operative phrase.

How much you want to bet Rudy is paying himself?

Christopher, Madison, WI January 11, 2008 2:41 pm ET

Just checked a few minutes ago and here on planet Earth the sky is still blue, brother.

Wake up and smell the coffee, Chris! Rudy's got the juice in this campaign. Ya just won't see it until later this month. And do us all a favor and drop the nonsensical diatribe about Karl Rove and Ken Blackwell. Rove is the 800 pound guerilla in this campaign, particularly if he hooks up with Guiliani. Strategically and tactically, he runs a campaign like nobody's business. Race will not be an issue, at least it won't be in Guiliani's campaign. Blackwell? Well, all he did was conduct a full and impartial investigation of the voting results and machines used in Ohio in 2004. The machines were fine and Bush still won the state by 118,000 votes.

A quick math lesson for Chris. Of course the "total count" is the bottom line. No one would disagree. If 100 million votes are tabulated and Rudy wins by 8 pts., then guess what? It means he had a higher vote count than the other guy!!

Remember back in the '60s when most of the smart people seemed to be on the Left side of the ledger. Christopher is a fine example of why that intelligence seems to now lie on the Right……..Geez!

Rudy is a fraud, a crook, and a goner!

I think he would make a great Governor of little retired NEW YORK=FLORIDA!

Good!! Please get out of the race Mr. 911, your stupid fear factor. I Can't wait till he quick campaign for '08. The only thing he famous for is taking picture and been in front of the camera during Sept 11. I'm in shock that people have voted for him base on that terible day. Please people check your fact about Mr. 911. He didnt do anything for 911 accept collecting money on 911 speaking tour. Bye Bye Mr. 911!!!!!!

With Rudy not going to survive from this incident along with so much baggage, it looks like John McCain is the republican nominee, unless Huckabee takes SC and Florida. If Obama gets a nomination, McCain could beat him handily. Be ready for Mccain as 44th President for sure.

A new GOP poll from New York shows the extent of the troubles for Giuliani who is now in a toss-up in his home-state!!

Hey guys,
Ronald Reagan is saying hi from here, he still keeps re-telling his joke about how he fooled the Americans into hating unions, and its funny every time

and Rudy,
Ronald says "STOP SAYING MY NAME"

This one time I went to NYC to see if I could score some sweet tickets to the monster truck fight in Chicago that weekend. I was walking down the street looking for the guy who sold me peanuts the last time I was in the city (I really liked peanuts with that special peanut sauce on them). Someone told me he had moved and that if I wanted peanuts then I'd have to go to the baseball park. Well, needless to say, the baseball park was blue. It was so crowded that I couldn't see the pidgeons that were going to buy me the peanuts. All of a sudden everyone started to leave the baseball park where they were playing the soccer game. Once everyone left and the music stopped there were lots of peanuts all over the place. None of them had the special peanut sauce on them. Stupid pidgeons.

GO RUDY!!

Hey Rudy…You might start giving speaches to your staff about 911 and they'll work for free for you like some other American people voting your 911 platfrom. Bye Bye Mr. 911

He promised to pay them on 9-11 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From now on 911 will mean how much cash Rudy's campaign has!

Maybe he should ask Dr. Paul for a loan?

While I don't agree with neo-con more-war 9/11 Rudy, his staffers going without pay shows the importance of money. When competing with the likes of Mitt who funds his own campaign (so he needs zero grassroots support), the other candidates only continue campaigning by the grace of their grassroots.

100-more-years-in-Iraq McCain and TaxHikeMike Huckle also have financing issues.

Bob M January 11, 2008 10:30 am ET

JDel: Giuliani dropped out of the Senate race due to his prostate cancer. He would have beaten the snot out of Hilary in the election. Believe it or not, but there's MORE to New York STATE than just NYC. Upstate loves Rudy.

Well that's telling. People who didn't have to live with his decisions love him, while the people that do hate him. Hmmmm………

Also, I know with New Hampshire, polls are getting a bad rap, but Hillary was outpolling him. When she announced in February, early March figures had her down by 3 points. By early April, she was ahead by 8%. He dropped out at the end of the month, right after blowing off potential voters in Rochester to attend a Yankees game.

I might add that this was also right after the Clintons moved to New York, when voters were less likely to support her because they feared that she wasn't a New Yorker.

That's how Rudys going to balance the budget, slave labor. Throw your staff a bone Rudy!

This is a man who says that Obama can't be president because he hasn't got experience and he has neva run a business. LOOK AT HIM NOW. If he cant run his campaign, what abt running a country like America.

Americans be united or u will perish like ……….

Finally people are waking up to the fact that most people in New York City already knows-that Guiliani is a bad candidate for office. Guiliani was not very well liked for the 7.5 years of the 8 years he was office, up until 9/11. The time between 9/11 and when he left office was just over 3 months, a very small fraction of the 96 months he was in office. He got re-elected because the democratic challenger was a terrible candidate, not because Guiliani was a good candidate. He exploits 9/11 at every moment for his own political gain which is despicable and shows how terrible a person he is that he would use the death of almost 3.000 people in order to further his career. I hope his campaign goes down the drain and that he goes back to private practice where we won't hear him exploiting 9/11 any more

Rosemarie January 11, 2008 1:44 pm ET

Why keep calling Rudy a "womanizer" his marriage was well over….his ex-wife couldn't find time when he was very sick & if you saw his swearing in to be Mayor of NYC she let her kid get away w/bad manners while Rudy was taking theoath…made no attempt to stop the boy I never saw any parent let a kid get away w/such antics!. Many of the guys running now have had girlfriends & will never marry them. His personal life should never be an issue because many of these same people who are trying to make an issue of it have private lives that would make you blush. Anyway, who is more qualified. A Senator does the least work! Let's face it…a Mayor or Govenor has a much harder job…that's why Senator's don't have to (& most don't if you checked the record)even show up half the time! Mayor's & Govenor's have to be on the front lines every day & work the hardest. Rudy has a great record in everything he did & that was before 911! Why shouldn't he bring 911 up! Which one of the Republican's/Democrat's would too if they could. The government # 1 priority before the economy,health care, & anything else is to PROTECT it's citizens!!! Afterthat, they can work on other important issues.People don't understand or forget that we were INVADED! We have let our guard down & it will happen again……I am a Democrat waiting for a TRUE Democrat to vote for! Why couldn't LIEBERMAN be in the running?

Wow Rosemary, where I come from it takes 2 parents to blame for ill mannered children. Telling your wife that you are divorcing her on television is shameful. As far as Alf's dad (Joe Lieberman) I beg to differ. This man is not a republican or democrat. He is for sale to the highest bidder. He couldn't get the votes from the democrats in his last election so he went independent. This opened the door for Republicans to campaign and finance his election. He has sided with Bush all along. No real democrat would side with Bush. Now he is in bed with McCain aka Bush part III. We weren't invaded dear. That would be a military action from another country. We were attacked by terrorists or as we like to call them Bush's Saudi buddies. None of them from Afghanistan and none of them from Iraq. No more drag shows and no more mobsters in 2008. FauxNoise may have picked Rudy the drag queen for president but not the American people. This why I know you are not and never have been a democrat. Please blog back and tell me you are a Iraqi vet next. BTW the secret lives thing… are you the "some people say" from FauxNoise? Senators do less work? It seem Rudy the drag queen had plenty of extra time to commit adultery, you remember the same thing folks on the right wanted Clinton impeached for. You cannot and will not have it both ways!

RUDY IS THE WORST. HE'D BE A NIGHTMARE PRESIDENT.

Shrillery is no New Yorker! She's a carpet bagger that is using NY to move to the whitehouse. Rudy is not perfect, but he is the only chance to beat the wicked witch, so Go Rudy!

Wow. Rudy had all that money and now it is gone. Just imagine if the were elected President. He would run this country right into bankruptcy

If there is anyone more dislikeable than George "Undisputed Worst President in History" Bush, it is Rudy. At least if he's nominated, he'll bring out the Dems in droves and keep the conservative crazies at home.

How many of you Rudy-boosters lived in NYC when he was Mayor? If you did, you'd know about Mr. Morality's marriage to his second cousin, later annulled because he claimed he didn't know she was a relative; you'd know about the 20+ civil liberties lawsuits taxpayers had to pay to defend his adminstration against - and lost nearly every one of them. You'd know that Big Daddy Who'll Protect Us built his emergency command center (natives called it his "'Bunker") at the WTC after it had already been attacked and after he had been warned not to do so. That oft-shown clip of him wandering around on 9/11 with a face mask? He had nowhere to go with his Bunker in the dust. 9/11 is all he has and he doesn't even really have that. Give me a break.

McCain - is about out of cash.
Huckabee - never had any.
Romney - is spending his own money.
Guiliani - is getting tight too.
Ron Paul - raised almost $20 million in the 4th quarter and broke records in the process.

The key to winning is to motivate your base and attract the independent vote.

Ron Paul's honest and proven support of the Constitution motivates the conservative base, his pro-Peace stance and defense of Civil Liberties attract independents.

Ron Paul is the only Republican that can win the general election.

Liberty Works!

My guess is that Rudy says to them: "Stick with me; I'll make it up to you when I'm president". And if he ever is I am sure he will.

"I might add that this was also right after the Clintons moved to New York, when voters were less likely to support her because they feared that she wasn't a New Yorker."

-She's not a New Yorker. hahahahaha

Ask yourself WHY is Mr. 911-911-911-911-911-911 so hot for florida? He is pulling up the back of the pack so why does he think he will take Florida? Could it be the fix is in?

His claims of Fixing NY are BS. As a frequent Business Traveler to NY I STILL have to get one of my White Employees to help me get a Cab even when dressed in business attire in front of the Best hotels in Mahatten.

Seriously though. The ONLY question I have for ole Rudy is since he has made an entire career off of 911 (like Bush) I would like to ask him this.

Can you name ONE Mayor of ANY city in the U.S. that you think would have Hidden under their desk crying on 911 if it had happenned in their Cities? If no,t then why do you think doing your job ONE day of the year make you able to run this country??

We don't need a rudy puppet to replace the george puppet thank you.

maybe he should ask Ron Paul if he could borrow some money

We The People: How do you suggest we deal with Social Security and Medicare issues?

Rudy: Terrorist? Terrorists, terrorists, terrorists, terrorists, terrorists, and terrorists.

We The People: You didn't answer the question sir.

Rudy: Terrorism?

We The People: That also is not an answer.

Rudy: 9/11?

We The People: Keep trying.

Rudy's bank balance? About $9.11, give or take a few cents.

Let's say you are mayor of a large city.

You are in charge of finances, crime,
schools, etc. One of the things you
are also in charge of is security for
your particular city.

If 3000 people get murdered in your
city, on your watch, is there credit or blame
to be taken?

How this idiot twisted this into some form
of super-human strength is beyond me.

Give up, Rudy. Go play golf with Bush,
Cheney and the other soon to be retirees.

9/11, 9/11, 9/11

I'm surprised he doesn't do what the Republicans who have been running the government lately have made a daily occurrence — borrow the money he needs from taxpayers and let his grandchildren pay it back.

That doesn't give good indications about how he would run the government.

Rudy is a joke. He is probably the least qualified candidate running for president. So he was the mayor of NYC…big deal. The news that has come to light regarding his time in office is appalling. That is the last thing this country need right now is another lying fraud!

If he wins President of the USA, what is he going to ask us, the American people, to forgo. Drop out of the race Rudy like you did your marriages!

just like a republican to expect workers/laborers/staffers of any type to work their ass off and not get paid while he sits around and collects mucho cash. i find this absoultely ridiculous but those who are working for him are the ones who are dumb enough to actually put up with such shenanigans…..GROW A BACKBONE!

JDEL; Giuliani never ran for Senate in NY against Clinton. He withdrew from the race in May prior to even the primary.

Most said that he just was not interested in being a Senator (1 of 100).

giuliani is making way for bloomberg…an internal fight for the GOP front runner.

Poor judgment in sleepwalking through New Hampshire and SC. Trapped in Disney World??

blah blah blah 9/11. blah blah blah Ronald Reagan. blah blah blah "Never ran a business…". blah blah blah

Ron Paul is the only Republican Candidate that has supporter money on hand. He can attrack the independant voter.

Rudy? I'll say it again. I am a Republican. Always have been. Voted for GWB. I'll sit this one out if its Rudy.

…. yada yada yada ….. 9/11, yada yada yada ……..9/11 is all i hear.

I bet he could really go for a Ron Paul style money bomb right now.

That's quite ironic, because the Republicans will be asking the American people the same question — is it OK if we don't pay you the Social Security we owe you, because we need $1 TRILLION every decade to fight our little wars.

"The reality is…" all Rudy has to do is make up a lie about this, sell it as "reality" as he does with every other issue. The reality is he will spin anything in his favor to get ahaead in this race, including the deaths of over 3,000 of his fellow New Yorkers. "The reality is", he is a disgusting man and does not deserve the respect Americans place at his feet. He belongs in prison with his buddy Bernie Kerik.

Rudy Giuliani is a sleaze. I wish more people would pay attention and stop thinking he will be the one to 'save us.' All he is good for is probably hosting a conservative radio talk show.

"top staff members of Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign were asked to work without pay for the month of January, and perhaps longer, "

Maybe thats how he plans to make up for the taxes he plans to slash even more. Ask Federal Employees to work free. Just a thought………

Guiliani's tendency towards secrecy is a very disturbing foreshadowing of behaviour as President. I wouldn't trust this man at all!

Bad sign

Rudy's response:

"Remember 9/11."
Yes, remember that if he'd put his disaster headquarters in a reasonable place, you would NEVER have seen hide nor hair of him on the streets, rescue would have been better organized, communications more effective, more lives saved, more information gathered. Remember that over 300 heroes died that day because they didn't get the message to evacuate on the broke radios that Rudy failed to address and were STILL not working after 9 years (since 93 attacks on WTC when they found out firefighter radios didn't work in the towers). Remember that he KNEW bldg 7 was coming down, said so on camera and now denies it at every single turn. remember

He can blow his wad in FLorida if he wants, but I'll never vote for him. He and politicians like him are the problem, not part of the solution.

January 11, 2008 4:04 pm ET

"McCain - is about out of cash.
Huckabee - never had any.
Romney - is spending his own money.
Guiliani - is getting tight too.
Ron Paul - raised almost $20 million in the 4th quarter and broke records in the process."

True, but we can't stop now, he needs another 23 million to get to the other end, so don't forget to donate and don't forget that we are doing a $10.00 or better per person funding drive on January 21st…BE THERE. GIVE AS GENEROUSLY AS YOU CAN. and in between drives too y'all…are we out here or NOT?

Hope this is the end of dear Rudy, he shall go down for the attacks against Dr.Ron Paul. Useless, and pointless. Rudy needs to educate himself on many issues. I am voting with my brains, so their is only one choice, Dr. Ron Paul.

Rudy is paying staffers??

I'm working for Ron Paul here in California for free. The cause of true freedom and and an end to government tyrany is pay enough.

Look all you people who claim that Rudy,HILLARY,Obama,McCain,is going to take care of this great country is a joke any one of these guys become president you all will be crying and complaing about being DRAFTED to fight for the oil companys you can mark my word so shut the hell up and vote for RON PAUL like him or love but at least you want have to worry about taxes that pay for these WARS or laying in a hospital bed without arms or legs go visit Walter Reed sometimes. GO RP.

I hate see him go, The montages of him saying 9/11 have always been a bright spot on the web. I wonder if this policy of not paying people that work hard for you will continue if he were to become president? Oh wait. Ron Paul would do it, he has returned his paycheck since his inauguration for Congress. RP isn't even the multi millionaire that Rufy Tootie is, but he put 300 kids up in Iowa on his own ticket. Good stuff, too bad candidates are allowed to spend their own money on elections…Bet that would shrink the pool down.

For people who are supposed to Republicam or Conserviative, you all sure do talk a lot of junk about you Presidential Candidates.

Why does Obama have to equal wildcard, unknown and cocaine? That is just very nasty to say about someone but I guess that's the game of politics. That's there will not be a Republican President in the White House come January 2009!

Is Rudy not going to pay his country club dues in January?

Is a potential future president going to ask Americans to go without paying their bills?

That suit doesn't look like it came from Stein-Mart.

Perhaps we can chip in and buy him a subway token. OOOps. Wait ! Rudy only goes in limos and aircraft. Hmmmm. Just another example of some people who can't be bothered with the rabble in order to maintain their lifestyle.

Rudy: Am I wrong? Am I?

(No!)

Well, let's see you take the subway until those people who work for YOU YOU YOU can have a life, too.

Really Rudy, is this setting a good example? Maybe you can sell North Dakota as president to Iran to raise cash for some really swingin' NYC style parties for your wealthy friends. I understand that the Iranians need a new site to build a reactor.

This is where we get the phrase "Dropping out of the election!"

Just retreat to your estate and blame us.

How any skirts does Rudy wear in a given year,… quite a few. Look online under Rudy Guilanni Drag, he loves to dress up like a woman and show off. GROSS! He makes one ugly woman—even if its not real.

January 11, 2008 4:04 pm ET

McCain - is about out of cash.
Huckabee - never had any.
Romney - is spending his own money.
Guiliani - is getting tight too.
Ron Paul - raised almost $20 million in the 4th quarter and broke records in the process.

I 2nd that…

And he wants to be President? I don't think so. What's to stop him from asking the same of the American people?? Think about it.

The answer is ALWAYS:

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…….What was the question again?

This is why democrats should not vote. We cannot get through a primary now without democrats crying over the results.

Here we have a constatutionalist running for pres and you people bickering back and fourth about the establishment group of cadidates,please give me a break if you guys who believe in these NeoCons you people need to be in iraq fighting for our freedom so haul ass