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You left something out of your report. Why? Rudi was asked if she would make a good president. He blew it off and avoided answering! He said that's in 2 or 3 years. He hardly endorsed her!!!! You should report the truth and you left this important part out

Calling Rudy Guliani a "moderate" is like calling Sarah Palin an "intellectual giant".

Ms. Palin has certainly generated excitement among a certain segment of the electorate, but are media "bling" and a cute smile and wink the key criteria for election to high office at the expense of integrity, judgment and substance?

We can do so much better and it's a shame that Rudy, in his pandering with statements like this, has squandered the credibility he gained several years ago.

I the Obama amateur hour over yet?
What a bunch of snot nose kids in our White House....

I hope palin will try to run on 2012, because it will be very entertaining to see although she will not be close to win obama. I am sure the republicans will elect her to be their candidate for president (very funny after all they elected bush for second time)...it will be sweet victory to watch...off course she will stumble again...come one! We all know she has no clue what’s going on...she is just a drama queen...rudy is another palin wanna be who never succeed

I am totally disappointed in you, Rudy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are as big a fool as Palin. She should NEVER be considered for ANY office Ever. I hope she gets exactly what she deserves.

Juliani was the last and behind all the Presidential canditates among the Republicans and he should not even think about saying a world at all. Sarah Pailin was the one that makes Mcain Lost the race. They are only welknown in their own party not all parties. And the Pailin is a quitter when it comes to tough times. She never talks on issue but fear and smear tactics. Forget her..............

Did he say that with a straight face?

Repubs, please keep the moronic Palin in the limelight! She is the best thing for us Democrats that we could have imagined.

One loser raving about another loser. Ho-hum.

Even greater for the Democrats. This is a gift that keeps on given.

Figures that one clown would support another.
Anyone who supports Palin for anything larger than
dog catcher is just showing their severe lack of
intelligence. The woman is an egotistical, functioning
illiterate.

Rudy. Please go away.

Rudy and Mitt. Two 2008 rejects. Why do people even ask them their opinion? All they do is sit and play arm chair President. They don't have all the facts but they seem to have all the answers.

If these two are so insightful and in touch with America why didn't they get elected?

Mitt, tell your sons to enlist if you want to keep fighting in Afghanistan. At least Palin, McCain and Biden's sons went overseas.

And does anyone really CARE what Giuliani thinks about anything? What an opportunistic ass.

The Republican Party can have Palin. America doesn't need her. It seems to me everytime I hear a man speak of her it's not always about her intellligence (or the lack of). The conversation gets back to how "hot" she is and she (supposedly) can shoot a gun. Fluff but no substance. As much as I am anti-Hillary, this chick doesn't hold a candle to Clinton. She's a joke and an embarrassement to us real working moms who don't have the option to "quit".

Sarah Palin's done for the Republican Party what Jerry Springer has done for daytime TV. You betcha!

Miss Moose is great for the GOP! Love it!

Rudy's just hoping to get an autographed copy of 'Gone Stupid'...oops, I mean 'Going Rogue'.

If Palin is so great for the right, how come all the Republicans I know express profound embarrassment at her antics and just want some strong, ethical, and SMART Republicans to stand up and be counted.

It boggles my mind that someone who believes government should decide how people lead their lives could be considered a conservative. When thinking of nations who control how people live their lives, one generally thinks of China, Iran, North Korea. Rarely did anyone think, "the USA!", until these big-government, anti-freedom, social-control types came into being in the Republican party. Imagine how they would feel if a different religion made up the majority. Instead of Sarah Palin & Co., telling gays they can't get married, we could have Sarah Palin being required to wear a burqua in public.

Palin can be compared to Obama, both draw large crowds, except
Palin tells the truth!!

The only people more stupid than Palin herself are her supporters. Including Rudy. What a tool! er, Fool!!

Palin is a lousy choice to go on the Republican ticket and will assure a second term of the current mistake. She's a Republican in name only. Take a look at her minimal record as Governor of Alaska. Her big claim to fame was raising taxes on the oil companies in a deal that demonstrates how little she knows of anything. She needs to be booted off the ticket and ignored. Come on folks there are better choices out there.

Of coure the former Mayor says such sweet things about that twittering idiot. He's thinking of running for Gov. of NyYand he doesn't want to be "Scozzafavaed" by those extreme right wing, tea-partying wingnuts-like Palin who is dumber than a box of rocks.

This from the person who ran probably the worst campaign for president in the modern era. He was the Republican frontrunner at the beginning of the campaign 2-3 years ago and barely won any electoral votes. Why should people take anything he says about presidential electoral politics seriously?

Okay Rudy, who instructed you to say this? Get real you moron and tell us what you REALLY think.

Rudy G. is awaiting the sunset. :-$

Palin is the best friend the Democrats ever had. Too bad they're too fragmented to capitalize on it.

As a Canadian I would hope my country would quickly aquire nuclear weapons and point them at the USA if Palin was voted in. We can't trust a country with the combined intelligence of three monkeys. If Palin was elected I'd probably spend the next year beating the crap out of Americans who dare visit my city.

What a twit.

One irrelevant politico talking about another irrelevant politico, imagine that. As soon as we can get rid of these "people magazine celebrity politicians" maybe we can get some decent leadership. Leadership that is absent on both sides of the aisle.

Neither is presidential material...Rudy or Palin. Palin doesn't have the knowledge it takes, and Rudy is a republican only for the republicans who want to destroy Social Sec and Medicare. This country was almost destroyed by Bush and I just hope Obama can bring it back. It may be impossible for any one to undo the harm Bush has done.

That just shows how out of touch the GOP is. She is a lunatic with a cult following, but no meaningful knowledge or experience.

Don't under estimate the power of stupid people in a large groups.

The GOP will use her to fire up their base and for fundraising but I would really be suprised if she was nominated as She can not win. SHE LOST THE ELECTION FOR JOHN MCCAIN AND THE GOP KNOWS IT.

I am a life-long Republican whose first vote was for Eisenhower. When I moved to Oregon in 1978 the Governor, both Senators and the great majority of state legislators were Republican. Then along came the far right social conservatives who have destroyed the party. All state-wide offices and the majority of the legislature are now in Democratic hands. Sarah Palin is doing to the national Republican party exactly what was done in Oregon years ago. As a FISCAL conservative, I'm sad.

I used to get really ache - deep down in my soul - when reading these comments about a fellow-American, Sarah Palin.

But now I realize that these people are nothing but empty inside - living a purpose-less life - and I just say a little prayer for them.

Okay Rudy, then you just go ahead and nominate her in 2012. Maybe she'll give yo the VP slot. Right.

Sarah is great for a party, but I don't know about the Republicans.

AMEN BROTHER. No truer words have you spoken. Palin for 2012. Get rid of O-Bangy-U before it is too late.

"Moderate raves about Palin"

Giuliani is no moderate, but he is a chameleon like Romney.

as a woman in her thirties, i found it hard to identify with most of the males in the republican party. i saw it as the party of gray haired old men, she is everything i stand for, she made me excited to be a republican. and if she didn't scare the you know what out of the dems, they wouldn't try so hard to defame her. you rock sarah.

Why is anyone paying any attention to anything that this has-been parochial politician has to say? He was only a mayor. Not a Senator, Representative, Governor or a Cabinet member. He has held no bif party or national office. Large as New York is, his opinion is really no more or less valid than that of any man or women in the street.

Oh Jeeez, I thought you said "moderate", then you trot out Giuliani, how did he say his compliment, "I Rudy 9/11 Giuliani 9/11, think that 9/11 Sarah 9/11 Palin has 9/11 a great 9/11 deal to say to 9/11 America, oh and 9/11.

I'm telling you, Giuliani just wants to wear her pretty high heels.

He is an idiot for thinking Palin could even think of running for any office. I thought I had respect for him but by his comments for Palin he just lost any confidence I ever had in him.

Palin has no intention of ever running for president. (She didn't even like being governor of Alaska.) BUT, when asked about 2012 she has to leave the door open or otherwise her media coverage would evaporate and her book sales go down the tubes. She is simply pursuing the American Dream — becoming rich and famous. That's all she cares about.

Rudy is afraid of GOP extreme conservatives purge of moderates and is trying to move his position further to the right.

Rudy is a has been.....................we should care about what Rudy has to say, just as much as we care what Sarah Palin has to say......enough already

He is an idiot for thinking Palin could even think of running of any office. I thought I had respect for him but by his comments for Palin he just lost any confidence I ever had in him.

I'm so embarrassed to be a Republican right now! I do not plan to switch parties, but at the moment I don't have much interest in GOP politics.
I appreciate a President who considers options, weighs concerns and makes educated decisions. I appreciate a President who can articulate various sides of an arguement. I appreciate a President who will respect the rights of individuals, and support the rights of women and minorities.
As long as the GOP is frothing at the mouth with the far right rhetoric, they can count me OUT.

As a former NYer, I can say clearly that there are many reasons that Giuliani is reviled in NYC. He made his money on the tragedy of 9/11 for one and the FD and PD hate him for it.
Giuliani is out of touch with those who have watched Palin and don't believe she has 2 brain cells to rub together unless they $ involved – just like Giuliani. The GOP (which was my party until they left me for the evangelical wingnuts) is out of touch and imploding.

I am baffled by people thinking Sarah Palin is a viable presidential candidate. Even if she had my exact view on all matters (which she does not) I would not think she is qualified to represent me. It is not a criticism per se. I do not believe just any person who has an opinion about neurosurgery is qualified to be a surgeon if she is not educated and well practiced in that field. Ms. Palin does not seem even basically equipped to deal with the rigors, intricacies and nuances of intra and international governmental affairs. This is not a bi-partisan comment. I do believe that there are governmental officials, even with whom I disagree, who are cable of leading. Sarah Palin will never be one of them.

What happened to Giuliani? I used to respect him. He has become such a tool, first by running a disastrous campaign for prez, and now by saying Palin is good for the GOP. I mean if this doesn't seal the deal on the Republican party. When so-called moderates think Palin is good, come on folks. She is so whacked. She believes in creationism, she kills endangered animals for fun, and has no intellect what-so-ever. I actually hope the GOP nominates her for their candidate. Because she won't only lose, but be utterly humiliated. And that will be the end of her 15 min of fame. And for Rudy, your time is long gone. You were a voice of reason at one point, now you are totally irrelevant!

This from a presidential candidate who thought it was best to skip the early states and thought his time in Florida was well spent speeding his election bus around a race track in Daytona. Oh, btw, he also threw his faminly under the bus to chase a younger woman. Not a leader of the GOP, we need to do a lot better than this.

Why anyone wants to know what the brain dead hick that is Sarah Palin thinks is beyond me. I once had hopes for you Rudy.

Calling Rudy Giuliani a "moderate" shows how far to the right CNN has moved in order to try to draw in Fox News watchers. Pretty soon they will be calling Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, and ex-CNNer Glenn Beck moderates.

As a moderate independent, I have to say that Sarah Palin is the most unattractive candidate out there for any office. She has no clue about how to be a leader. Last time she was, she quit and blamed it on the media! Buyer beware with Palin.

Giuliani knows Palin is very smart and he also knows she is a fundraising gold mine.

Republicans are starting to come out of the woodwork asking her to campaign for them.

he added

"i was there during 9/11"

Sort of amusing to see these macho GOP supporters scared to death of semi literate nuts speaking Arabic housed in super max prizons in Illionois. Then, to demand to send more soldiers to Afghanistan while making sure that they or their sons–Romney, Cheney et al–do not serve is all the more silly. The GOP is a bunch of chickens, scared of their own shadows. Bring these terrorists clowns to the U.S. and let's kick their ass.

Coming from the guy who discounted sound advice and put emergency ops hq in the WTC makes his opinion a little less credible.

Bassman. Smaller government and a bigger military, that makes sense! How much bigger military can we afford. How many countries do we need to police? How many nation building projects can we get into before we are broke? Your Bush like strategy played itself out over the past eight years. What it it get us? Number one, a world that hates us! Number two, a economy that was headed for another great depression! Number three. Two unfinished wars without a plan of exit!. Bush was harder on this country than any terrorist could have been. Now people just like you listen to the real terrorist in this country, Hannity, Colter, Limbaugh, and the not very bright Glenn Beck. These people take hope away from us, and they spread hate!

"Great for the Republican party?" I'll give you that,Rudy.

But "Great" for our country and the world?? Hardly.

Yep! I agree. You and Palin make a great team. A losing polarizing team.

I have never seen a network, or any reporter anywhere, as obsessed with a personality as much as CNN is with Sara Palin. I wonder which executive at CNN is in a compromising photo with her? She is certainly using it to her advantage. Seriously, it is unbelievable. We know where she is every second of the day. What's with this unnatural obsession?

We pay a lot of lip service to winning "hearts and minds". Trying the 911 conspirators in New York is a step that direction. We have to put our money where our mouth is.

Tah Da!. . . . Rudy blows it again.

Take a good look America. The ugly far-left on this comments section. These are the people of the far-left. This is the vile ugliness they want to turn this country into. They're getting paid by SEIU and OFA to sit at home on their computers and put forth FILTH on blogs and forums to make people believe they are the majority. They are NOT the majority and when we vote in 2010 and 2012 they will be UNEMPLOYED.

I truly hope that Sarah Palin is the GOP nominee for President in 2012! She is the new face of the Republican Party. She symbolizes everything the GOP stands for. Her record, her academic background, her intelligence, her family values, her religious zeal, everything.....just like all of the newspapers she reads! I hope everyone of her fans prays like hell for her nomination!

Proving once again just what a senseless wonder Rudy G. really is.

I find it so strange that the above comments were made to show so many women are so envious of this lady, and when I say lady, that is exactly what I mean. I knew from the beginning that she would not meet the approval of many women, women are such a jealous lot, even the dimocrats are always digging deeply into the back of their simple little brains to come up with something ugly and hateful. Most Rep. women can remark about this lady and still say something good and intellegent, so all of you dim witted women and men who love to say "I am a dimocrat", please we do not need anymore remarks made that make you seem as small as Biden, Clinton and the other radicals, be sincere for once in your life time and try to help our Country to choose someone that WILL BE AN ASSET TO OUR TROUBLING COUNTRY. If Palin can do it, get behind someone that would KNOW how to help solve our problems, both economical and racial, Obama has ALMOST destroyed our country and we need someone who is not afraid to bring our country back into proud nation. You know you are feeling a little unwanted right now, and you must be honest and say Obama has divided our Nation. Betty

I wish the GOP would stop worrying about 2012 and worry about today.

Then why didn't he choose her as his running mate during the primaries?

Yeah, right, from the guy who could only say "9/11" in answer to every question put to him during his blighted presidential campaign.

Rudy is an idiot!

Oh look,......Another Palin reference by CNN.........Is it any wonder why their ratings are tanking faster than most people's 401K's????? Political Tabloid Media, just like Fox........

Sarah Palin is a joke. The people who are her supporters don't seem
to realize that one should have a working brain in order to run for any
important office. She couldn't hack being governor, how would she
possibly handle anything higher? It didn't take long for the intelligent
people of this country to see through her...she is all glitz and no
substance. If she became president of this country, we would all be
the laughing stock of the world, that's for sure.

Despite what anyone might feel about President Obama, he is an
extremely intelligent man, a far cry from "W" who couldn't put two
sentences together and who never learned how to say nuclear.
It's nice not to hear "nucular" anymore.

Don't refer to this guy as a moderate. Just because he isn't vehemently anti-choice doesn't mean that he isn't taken in by neocon ideology.

The far left lives in this little bubble of make believe. They think they are the majority. The truth is....most of the people don't buy into the liberal bots that flood the forums and blogs and liberal TV land. You would be AMAZED how many moderates, liberal, conservative and independent who like Sarah Palin. So actually that's great. Let them keep thinking that we all hate her....we know better.

No brains. . . now that is the GOP!

A noun, A verb, and 9/11...........Nuff said.........NEXT!!!!

And this is why Republicans and the GOP are circling the drains.

I see where someone said here that Palin is smart and shrewed and has "executive experience". Smart and shrewd huh? Did this person watch any of the interviews that Palin conducted during the presidential election?? Mind you, it's all the left-wing media's fault for asking Pailn what books she reads or Palin commenting that she can see Russia from her house. Executive experience? In Alaska? Right...Putin rears his head over Alaska(lol) Palin QUIT her post as Governor so she could make millions of $$$. Palin is intellectually dumb and I simply cannot believe that anyone in the republican party(or conservative party...whatever they are calling themselves) thinks this women has a chance in hell and would make a good President. She's an absolute mentally challenged joke. Trust me. If Palin had Janet Reno's looks..do you think McCain would have selected her or she would be where she is today? My god...men and some women out there sure are dumb thinking this simpleton has a chance.

Ha! Rudy loves em all (unconditionally, I might add)!! Chuckles. . . . .

He's a moderate? What a joke. He's a manipulator. And if Palin is the best the GOP can do, they're finished.

A friend of mine said we should not worry about Sarah Palin in 2012. In fact we should not worry about anything because according to the Mayan Calendar the Earth will be destroyed in December 2012. However, his reasoning (as well as many others) is flawed. The reason, the Mayan Calendar ends in December 2012, is because they ran out of room. You see immediately following the last date it says, "Continued on next Tablet (Page)."
So don't worry, be Happy.

It's all about the dough-re-me.

Being a moderate doesn't make one smart- only mellow.
Plain may be quite pleasant to spend time with. Charm is not a criteria for judging competence.

I'll say it once again, the prez must be eating this up. We focus on what the left hand is doing while the prez's right hand robs us blind. Have we become a nation so opinionated that we continually lose sight of what we should be doing? When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers, just men who will rule in the fear of God. The preservation of a republican government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty;
Say what you will, CNN cut out the comments you deem inappropriate, in the end we will all have to live with whatever people we put in the position of leader.

This old politician sits on more fences than a rooster. Whatever suits his fancy. Next week he'll be against her.

Guiliani has jumped on the expediency bandwagon. He too has decided he cannot think for himself only what he is told or what he thinks will get him in the news this week. Let's wait for 2012 for the next election. We just had one. And one every 4 years is certainly enough. Everybody please stop running for President and work together NOW to clear up any problems this country may have.

Rudy is just hoping he gets the AG's job in a Palin adminstration.

Last cry of a man desperate to feed at the public trough again.

Pathetic loser.

Giuliani is hardly a moderate anymore.

palin gets a tremendous reception in NY?! hahahaha this is too funny.. we get a good laugh out of her but thats about all

It is not Obama's fault anymore, it is the mindless tools who do not see what is happening. Don't bother worrying about 2012, you simpletons.....we won't make it through 2010.......

This must be the longest Rudi has gone without mentioning 9/11

What the elitists miss about Palin is that she connects with everyday folks, the same ones who get their kids off to school, struggle financially and that resent snobbery, especially in politicians.

My earlier prophesy about ill-educated Palin has now been fulfilled. Now I see everyone talks the same language I spoke almost a year ago. I heard that she is even getting divorced. I am not sure if it's another media chaos she is trying to make in order to get public attention. Who knows? I guess John McCain is now paying for his mistakes for putting her in his ticket although knowing McCain we all know that "he is a perfect man with no mistakes ever"!!! What goes around also comes around. In his complete imperfectness he is doing everything perfect – outcome of which is everything imperfect.

Sarah Palin Rules! I would vote for her for president in a second. She's intelligent, articulate, experienced in the private sector, years of experience in government (more than Obama), principled, religious, patriotic, and CONSERVATIVE. The perfect antidote to the lying, socialist fraud we have in office at the moment.

I have to say I'm growing very tired of the Palin obsession. What is it about this woman, CNN, that interests you so much? She is just a self-serving narcissist trying to line her pockets as best she can. America has really stooped to new lows. Also, it's amazing how the so called Christian right gives her a pass when her teenage daughter had a baby out of wedlock. Can you imagine if that was President Obama's daughter!!

Hey ,Rudy didn't you vouch for Bernard Kerick your former police commissioner of NY? Your creditability is poor, you sir are a joke just
like you where in that dress.

Giuliani has squandered whatever shreds of reputations he had left. Pretty much like McCain. He should just spend the rest of his life doing something meaningful, instead of desperately trying to grab something he cannot have. The guy has plenty of dough, he should just retire and disappear, spend time with his family; oh, wait, he cannot have real relationships...

I am constantly amazed at how sad it is that people continue to support people who are not intelligent enough to lead. Leadership requires intelligence. I want my leader to be intelligent and capable of leading to be my President.

Unfortunately, a large number of people appear to disagree. What a sad state we currently live.

What happened to intelligence being a priority when we vote for a leader? I am so happy that President Obama matriculated through one of the greatest schools our country has to offer. At least we know he earned it.

Dr. Hill

Only the truly hateful slime of the progressive movement will still have a harsh negative view of Palin come 2012. It's become quite clear to most of the population that the progressive media is overtly bigoted and the public will evaluate her by her views, principles, and accomplishments rather than by the jealously and hatred of the main stream media. They still can't stand that the most recognizable and iconic woman in politics is a conservative woman.

Recall, Mr. Giuliani's campaign smarts led him from front-runner to Florida flame-out.

folks who like to relate commonly, but who are just as smart as the condescending, empty-soul "intellectuals."
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There's no need to be so condescending about it. Your comment sounds equally "empty-souled," does it not?

this idiot truely is an idiot .. and so is Palin maybe the 2 of them could walk off the planet or go to ALASKA and watch the sun set and see RUSSIA from her back porch...
what a joke ,if this is the new republican party then the democrates won't have any problem keeping the majority in both houses plus the white house for many years to come LOL

Sarah is now loaded with dough (showing how REALLY smart she is) while her critics run up credit card bills and take out home equity loans.

If Sarah runs the gov't like she runs her household, we'll all be OK.

Sarah Palin/Liz Cheney 2012.

Obama is ONE and DONE.

Rudy doesn't endorse anyone unless there is something in it for himself. He does what is expedient and has little interest in practical or long-term solutions to social problems. Palin and Rudy: Two "Me first types" who have governed for the few, not the many.

The Republicans have an energized extreme wing represented by the teabaggers who are collectively a tail wagging the Republican dog, and Republican 'leaders' are doing their best to ingratiate themselves with what they think will be the center of power and energy in the party for the conceivable future.

The Republican coalition was always weird and inherently unstable: rich white guys in charge, with wingnuts as shock troops, and a large contingent of Middle American 'swing voters' either fired up as wanna-be rich guys or just scared through and through.

But now the inmates have taken over the asylum, and there's no center to the party. It's been a long time coming, but it has finally happened: the party that produced Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt has given birth to the likes of Sarah Palin and Joe The Plumber, and all of its bigwigs are falling over themselves to crown them as heirs apparent to the Republican throne. To anyone with a sense of irony this is absolutely delicious.

Rudy is a fear monger. Sarah is a fear monger. Birds of a feather... I don't really see the news worthiness of "Rudy hearts Sarah".

Moderate? Has CNN lost its compass? Giuliani was the worst and most vicious of mudslinging and muckraking hacks during the campaign. Your
nomination of him as a moderate in this artcile is simply a teaser to get people to log on to see who. Its just the same ol' Rduy junk... It also
shows CNN will pander too, and your orientation to cardinal directions of the political compass utterly flawed. He spread more lies and hate
than many other combined. He is simply covering his ass as she
gets ready to spear anyone who is not a "true" conservative. he
is also showing her how to serve up a fat pitch and hit it... Funny
though Sarah is an ideologue and will have little of it when she is
on a closed mic stage fanning the flames of fascist maniacs.

She's great for the Democrats too. Nobody gets Democrats out to vote more than she does. If she were running in VA and NJ Deeds and Corzine would have won in a walk.

Dems are very passive by nature and it can sometimes take motivation to get to them to the voting booth. Sarah Palin=Motivation.

Conservative NYT columnist says of Palin "What A Joke" sums it up

Bring on 2012, I am ready to support her. I am registered as a Democrat, but find both existing parties unacceptable in their current form.
Obama has shown what he is worth; it is time to bring on someone that cares more about this country than our adversaries. The majority of the Republican party is more interested in recovering from the last election, than the needed standards of government. Sarah is the solution. Vote for America, Vote Sarah !!!

Mr. Morality himself raving about a dip. Palin should never have a serious conversation with anyone with a brain.

Rudy Giuliani a prominent, socially moderate Republican?

Because CNN says so, not because it's true.

Guiliani is dumb in my opinion. What is he like 4 foot tall? Drink milk and get back to us when you can get on the big kid ride.

Rudy is just a hack – another republican with no principles or convictions he's willing to stand up for. He's spineless. He's changed his tune on most of the issues – including trying the terrorists in federal court – in 2006 he was all for it, now that theres a Democratic president, he's singing a different tune. He's a political hack, and not a very smart one. He's the genius that put the communications center back in the WTC after the first bombing. Genius Rudy – absolutely genius!

Well, at least there's one thing I'm sure we all can agree on.....Palin certainly would make a much better President than Obama, hands down.

He is starting to prove himself as stupid as she has proven herself to be...
Another useless twit that should just shut up. What's with these GOP morons?? They keep thrusting these idiots to the forefront as what... fertilizer for the new, upcoming party of NO seedlings?

Don't under estimate the stupidity of the American public....they settled for GWB....and Regan, and Hoover....Palin is just the same as these people; it is a popularity contest....intelligence should have everything to do with it but after GWB I am convinced that the American public is basically just plain blind, ignorant, and likes it that way.....It was a miracle that Obama won.....

Going Rogue: How to Tell 200 Lies Before Breakfast

This woman quit her only position that is similar to being president (I don't count being mayor of Wasilla). She has no ability to give a coherent response to any questions posed to her. I don't see what her qualifications are to be president of the US. Prior to McCain selecting her as his VP candidate, she had never left the country and had been to the lower 48 states 5 times. How do you run a country that you have pretty much never seen? It's really sad that people think she's a good candidate because she's uneducated like them. She can't even handle her own home(why is your 17 year old daughter pregnant) and folks want her in charge of our country.

Going Rogue: How I Went Through 5 Colleges Without Even Trying!

....Rudy, thought, that all had to do is show up. And he would become the next president. As for palin," don't believe the hype". I for one, i'm willing to give you republicans( NOT!) another chance at being in charge. I guess. The last eight years of republican leadership. And the total meltdown of the economy and the two wars. weren't enough, for the american people. We want more of the same. be afraid, very afraid.

Shes the real deal– she has integrity. People–even DEMOCRATS (!!) are tired of hypocrites, bribe takers and adulterers in both parties. She is a principled woman, a real public servant not a cynical career pol.

Personal to ICARE: Obama dosen't need three more years to sound smarter than Palin – he achieved that level many years ago!

Rudy is smacking up for the VP nod here. But attaching your wagon to the Palin disaster-in-waiting to me is not showing any foresight at all!!!

Sarah Palin great for the Republican Party? Who do you think you are fooling?

Thank you Rudy.
Go Sarah! You are an inspiration. Who says she want to be prez? Maybe she enjoys spotlighting the beam in Democrat eyes. I love her. She is fearless, says what she believes. And I believe she has liberals and men and the media scared witless. You go girl! Keep it up!

Sarah Palin ignites the Conservatives of America to passion unseen since Reagan. The people from the right feel like they have been thrown under the bus by political parties and the main stream media and see Palin as someone who represents them. Republican strategist should not forget the power of Conservative Americans in their plans or they may not regain power in Washington D.C.

That's the way republican men are. If the woman is sorta good looking, especially if she won a beauty contest, (Carrie Prejean also) they think she is wonderful and go gaga....Hey Rudi thinking about trying to make one of them you next. Mr. Serial Adulter.

Correction! Palin is great for the Democrats!

Why does CNN have to keep reporting about this absolute failure?

1) She is not a politician
2) Has achieved nothing for her state

Why keep reporting on this neo-nazi and her absurd comments?

Sure she energizes the republicans, but face facts, I would NOT want this woman answering that little red phone at 3:00 in the morning. She would probably hang up thinking it was a prank call in the middle of the night. Think about it folks.

Is this an example of Giuliani's political intelligence???

Rudy must be getting ready to move over to the Democratic party – Should we let him in?

She is great for the dems too! Go SARAH!! Obama 2012!!

Let's face it, we've had 11 painful months with the annointed one. The Obama experiment has failed miserably, unless you are one who thinks that Russia's communims is better way to govern then that stated in the Constitution of the great US of A.

Anyone, at this point is better than Obama!!!!!

2010 we begin to take our country back. 2012 we repeal the Marxist Communist policies. Can't wait soon enough.

It doesn't really matter what Rudy Guliano thinks ashe is becoming yesterday news.

These people are pathetic.

They'll do any thing, sell out to anyone, just to return to power so they can finish the job they started – plundering the treasure of this country!

Like Palin, Anna Nicole Smith generated a lot of interest, too. For all the wrong reasons. Giuliani says she's iconic. I say she's iconically idiotic.

It's really sad that this imbecile seems to be the best America has to offer. Even sadder that the imbeciles in the media (CNN?) keep throwing her in our faces.

This endorsements will kill both of them in the polls.

She gets a tremendous reception in NYC? From who? Most people here hate her guts.

Giuliani is hardly a "moderate" of any kind. He's a bible thumping war hawk, and so why does CNN have a headline that says a "moderate" endorsed this basket case.

of course he endorsed her, he's a partisan politician on the outer right.

She is their "distractor" ............ no issues, just hate, lies and looks....hehe. That's why she's GOOD for the Republicans....

Yes, Palin is great for the Republicans,the only thing they know is to spread faults rumors, lies and hate, so yes keep that looser.

Sarah Palin? A Palin-Giuliani ticket in 2012 would be a Tea Party to remember. Imagine the book she could write after that thumping.

Only someone with an IQ of 4 or below would tolerate Palin for anything above a garbage collector.

Rudi Giuliani used to be taken seriously as a highly competent prosecutor. But, as a politician, he is a bus wreck. Associating himself in any way with an empty-headed dope like Palin is a terrific example of self-immolation.

Wow. Rudy has an opinion about Palin. And coming from the supposed GOP frontrunner in 08 who somehow managed not to win a single primary, this is important exactly how?

Dear Lord, please help the GOP, protect them from Limbaugh, Beck, & Palin...guide them on their way back to the party of Lincoln.

Rudy has it wrong. Palin is great for the Democratic party. Can anyone imagine her as Presidential material? This is all McCain's fault for bringing such a nut-case to the forefront of the Republican party. I hope he has nightmares.

Yeah! Why to go Rudy tell it like it is!

Oh, Please! Everyone knows what Giuliani is. That man belongs on a self-serving pedistal right beside Palin. Just because he was the mayor during 9/11, he thought he was qualified to be commander in chief. What a joke. Americans told him otherwise and they will do the same to Ms. Narcissitic.

Palin is a great woman. Anyone tearing her down probably has their own sets of issues to deal with, which are probably far worse.

Why do liberals hate honest, hard-working, self made, attractive, conservative women?

Why is there so much hatred from the suppposed "tolerant" liberals?

The truth is there is NO REASON the liberals have to say she's unintelligent. Liberals just HATE! Straight up!

Two right wingnuts! They both go hand and hand!!!

One dispicable person pumping up another, incredibly disgusting.....

This is a man that cash's in on the horror of Sept 11th 2001.

How truly dispicable, Guiliani, Palin and Rush Limbaugh, then throw in Fox News and there you have it, a Republican Lynch mob....

I would bet everything that I own, everything that I believe in, that Sarah Palin will NEVER be President of the United States of America....

Thank god for Barrack Obama.

Oh yea Rudy, you mafioso. She's great for the republicans. And she's great for the Democrats too. If the misguided GOP allows her to be the face of the party or candidate for President, then the all the Independents will leave their party in droves. They will either not vote or switch over to a Party that at least has some common sense. She appeals only to the fringe Right Wing, which evidently is taking over the Party. Palin is the best thing that ever happened to the Democrats. Keep going Sarah!

translation: "I'm Rudy Guliani and I am an opportunistic parasite."

A divisive figurehead who quit her post, who's clueless about foreign policy, and who spouts inanities designed to pander to the know-nothing ignorati?

Yup, sounds like a great Republican.

Is anyone in the GOP able to connect with reality and have original thoughts, or do they just regurgitate their predetermined talking points? It's starting to look like a circus to me.

Palin is an idiot. That will never change no matter how many vindictive, ego-driven books she writes. CNN – why do you perpetuate this story ? The only reason her following of vocal idiots is interested in her is because she is always on your broadcast or web site. They cling to the story because they are just as uninformed as she is. Why don't you use your broadcast time to inform them of the truth about her ?

YESSSSSS go Sarah. We love you. No, Really!
The best gift republicans could ever give us democrats.

"Again, Sarah Palin had more executive experience (budgets, staffs, deadline, employees, etc.) than Obama at the time of the election."

This argument is simply insane. What are her talents? Quitting? The fact that anone would consider her as a viable candidate for the presidency scare me to no end.

I just love a good train wreck!

Since when is Giuliani a moderate?
He supports the Right Wingnuts of which Palin is part of.
He does have a way of keeping up with the media though. Any thing to promote himself..

'Why does the LEFT hate Palin so much?'
I can't speak for the left, because I am a conservative. Even if I wasn't I could only speak for myself.
Short version: She's a hateful, spiteful, lunatic fringe, unintelligent moron. She's the Obama of the Republican party. Looks great on camera, but no real substance whatsoever. As nutritionally unsound as a bag of Cheetos. Tastes great, but try living on it.

I will back SARAH'S running for anything just as long as she lets me tag along so I can get all the publicity possible.!!! Her HUGE knowledge (evidenced the Couric interview) should help me a great deal. I just wonder when asked what she read, why she at the very least, couldn't come up with The Anchorage Daily News, which is her hometown newspaper.

CNN is in danger of losing any legitimacy if it keeps running these unimportant nonsense stories by fourth tier polictical hacks and has beens. A has been endorsing a hack - WHO CARES???????

How about some RELEVANT POLTICAL NEWS on the poltics portion of the web site?

Russell, it really isn't that much of a mystery. Just look at the interests who are behind these people manipulating them and calling the shots. "W" was the perfect example and they had their way with him. They were very angry to give that up and now need another empty suit to do their bidding. Just look at where the money flowed under the Bush administration, wall street, NY bankers, oil companies and the defensive industry and guess who got to pay for all of it, YOU. So can you guess why they would like another puppet?

This is from the mayor who was unpopular with a lot of the city of new york including the police and firemen. Someone who spent more time at Yankee stadium than at "ground zero." and yet ran a campaign for president based on the twin towers tragedy.

Alaskans must be grateful she's a quitter, a corrupt one at that.

the palindrone infection is spreading

I guess I have to admit I'm a Sarah Palin fan too. She just helped turn a congressional seat blue (NY-23) that hadn't done so since the CIVIL WAR. The seat that is highly conservative (like NY-20 this year that also went Dem), went to a moderate Dem. It takes a whole lotta reverse-Midas touch to do that. I thank you Sarah.

Many people who were going to vote for Mccain ended up voting for Obama b/c of her. I know I will vote for her should she run in the 2012 GOP primary to help make sure she wins, so Obama can win all 50 states.

Sarah, you tell all your tea party fans to keep up the bad work by running out anybody who isn't 100% in-line with your views. Make those "liberals" and "RINOs" feel your wrath. Like Mr. Jim Demint of S.C. said, "It is better to have 30 GOP senators who believe in your message, than 60 who don't."

Giuliani and Palin have something in common. They are both moral vacuums without a shred of integrity. The two of them should sleep with the fishes........

During State of the Union Guiliani had his own words used against him. He had that dear in the headlights look.

She does represent the Republicans perfectly doesn't she? Her kind believe that man walked with dinosaurs! Science? Like the Taliban, she is all about faith in nonsense.

AND........I will cling to ANYONE'S coat tails.....even Sarah's.!! In other words, "any port in a storm". I am not publicity shy.

Rudy is correct. Sarah Palin has energized the Republican Party and brought some class to US politics.Obama represents the same old corrupt Chicago-style politics, while she has actual achievements on her resume.

Leave Sarah alone already. She was a 2/3-of-one-term governor of Alaska – she was SO effective, that a full term was not necessary and would've wasted everyone's time. That speaks for itself. Let's elect her so we can hear her daily folksy-bon-mots when she's the President!!! Palin in 2012!!!

signed,
A Liberal for Sarah

"“She gets a tremendous reception even here in Democratic New York,” Giuliani, ".... Same people who watch NASCAR... just there waiting for an accident to happen!

If Palin supporters can't finally get what this woman is about after this ridiculous book, well...I just don't know how else to make them see what a sham she really is. I am from Alaska and contrary to some people's opinions most of us have seen her for what she really is...ignorant and complaining to mention only a couple...not in the mood to go on. B ut, I am sorry to her supporters that she has scammed you and continually lies to you.

Palin is good for the GOP, helps them never get elected again.

I am a big fan of Rudy G. But Palin is a quitter and a loser. She should be ignored.

I think 3 time marrying Rudy is trying to make Palin # 4 thats all she good for

Rudy – Way to Suck Up to the GOP Conservative Right. Some simple praise of Palin will keep Limbaugh from slamming you.

I wonder if you'll be singing the same tune, when Palin, Limbaugh, and the rest of the Rabid Right endorse a Conservative (True GOPer) candidate in a race against you....?

It's entertaining to watch all these "moderates" fall all over each other, trying to Suck Up to Boss Rush and the Airhead.

Good Luck Rudy. Just like your plan to run in one state in 2008, praising Palin should be just about as successful.

This Republican is not interested in the circus that a Palen nomination would bring. Let's get real. Someone please give her a talk show and get her out of national politics.

As a "recovering Democrat," I am enthusiastically looking forward to seeing more and more of Sarah Palin. Even if she doesn't run for office, she will definitely be a standard bearer for the GOP and conservatives in general......and a strong voice in forthcoming elections.

Go Sarah!

Sorry, Mr. Giuliani, this moderate independent voter isn't buying it. I recognize undereducated, inarticulate, dishonest and ethically challenged when I see it, and that's all Ms. Palin has shown me thus far.

This is the best thing the Dem's could ask for! Please please please Gop, choose Ms. Palin for your candidate in 2012.

All of the so-called moderate Republicans want Palin in the mix but only as a "stalking horse." She will divide Huckabee's support while having no chance of being taken seriously herself. Just what the mainstream Republicans want.

God! I only wish that Rudy is right. That way, the GOP is sure to lose. There was never a more socially, spiritually, historically, politically illiterate individual to define a party. Not even DeLay or Stevens could match this one.

Politicians are so slimy, they all give me the creeps.

Oh... almost forgot. God Bless America! (that makes everything okay in Americaland)

Seriously... what a joke we have become.

I'm all for Palin being the face of the GOP. Crap should be labeled as such, and she exemplifies short-sighted energy policies, heavy handed unsustainable military strategies, and a general disdain for civil rights. All monikers of the Republican party.

Just because people slow down to look at the car wreck, doesn't mean that it's not a car wreck. Rudy, please understand that the ability to draw a crowd and the ability to unite a fractured political party are different. Heck, even the guitar playing cowboy in NYC in his underwear draws gawkers.

For once I agree with this clown.

Saint Sarah of the Silly is indeed the best thing for the republiklan party!

Palin/Bachmann 2012

some where in the world many villages are missing their idiots. I think we should inform these people that we have FOUND them and they are currently running the GOP! BUT then again, as a liberal, I do enjoy watching them dig holes on a daily basis in which to try and get out of! Rudy is as much a moderate as Rush is a liberal. I know he may now SEEM moderate since the right has been hijacked by loons like palin and beck and bachmann, but be assured he is NO moderate, and his days of glory are as far behind him as the other famed Rudy of Notre Dame.

Sarah Palin is the Dem's (especially the wimmins libbers) worst nightmare. She has managed an entire state (unlike Obama who hadn't managed a Dairy Queen) and brings a spirit that resonates with real Americans. Keep up the "not ready for office" mantra, libbers, while she just charges ahead. Go Sarah! You betcha!

Rudy's never been too fussy with respect to factual matters. Kinda like Palin in that respect.

And for the record, liberals won't have to lift a finger to trash the Palin book. Team McCain and the Republican establishment will do plenty of that on their own.

If Rudy's a moderate, I'm the man in the moon.

The Republican party is still struggling to define who they are and that's why it's so easy to define who Palin isn't. Palin help create the demise of the party and continues to do so. The best is yet to come so get ready Republicans because it isn't going to get any better as Palin finally creates your dooms day.

CNN headlines Palin almost daily, at least once sometimes more.
They even go to her facebook to get quotes.
Does anyone know of any other person this happens to?
CNN, along with Fox sings her praises, drools over her and
pushes her down our throats along with other radical republicans.
They never fact check, point out their outlandish lies and exaggerations, just worship their extremists.
No wonder their ratings are in the basement.

Palin and the Palinites don't realize that the GOP is USING PALIN to drum up excitement and donations. The GOP will never consider Palin to be a serious candidate for 2012.
As a woman I find this offensive, but as an Obama supporter I LOVE IT!

American politics are becoming a lot like Reality TV, especially the survivor series. Idiots, all of them, but millions of people turn on the TV and watch in total awe. Unfortunately the idiots who watch vote for senators and representatives too. It doesn't take character to intelligence to win the minds of morons.

Looks like the pres has everyone right where he wants them. Watching the right hand while the left one robs us blind.

Again, Sarah Palin had more executive experience (budgets, staffs, deadline, employees, etc.) than Obama at the time of the election; moreover, Obama has shown great inability at handling these challenges. Both of these were more inexperienced than McCain or Hillary, but both Palin and Obama energized their parties. Palin is smart and shrewd, and she connects with "average" folks–folks who like to relate commonly, but who are just as smart as the condescending, empty-soul "intellectuals."

I'm still waiting for Palin supporters to demonstrate persuasively that she has the knowledge base to be president. Lord knows she hasn't done it. Understand this: having an adequate (read: very extensive) knowledge base has NOTHING to do with whether one is conservative or progressive (despite the fact that the intemperate on either side describe their opponents as retarded). Having an adequate knowledge base has NOTHING to do with whether one can spout a party line, or which party line is being spouted.

Do I think Palin is a moron? No. I just don't think she knows enough, and I don't think she cares about it very much. Oh, I know, this will provoke lots of rejoinders about Obama's being inexperienced, etc. Whatever, dudes . . . . You're still not contradicting my argument, and I think that when one takes political arguments OUT of the equation, Obama is a reasonably smart and knowledgeable guy, even if one thinks he a socialist or even a traitor (I don't). Even cranky Charles Krauthammer, who LOATHES Obama and his policies, thinks Obama is a smart guy..

And NO, I don't fear Palin, nor do I have any kind of personal animosity toward her, so don't call me a hater. I just wish she'd learn a lot more.

Why does the left HATE Palin so much? I have NEVER seen/read such hatred and loathing about anyone else...even Bush.

You guys are pathetic. You want to know why Palin is so relevant? You. America is 2 countries now...a sort of bizarro mirror nation. If the left hates someone...the right loves them...and vice versa. This is the VERY least happy I have EVER seen the populace of this nation.

To the left...all Republicans are retarded swine. To the right...all lefties are socialist nanny staters. What if you both are right? Where is the legitimate third option? Where is the compromise? I know, I know, I know...the party of "no" has you all tied up with their obstructionist ways. BS. You have the majority across the board. If you could get your OWN party in order...you could pass every liberal dream policy.

But the truth is...the Democratic party is not at all united. Never mind bi-partisan...that shiites a joke with Pelosi at the helm. Majority across the board and your own party is saying the policies brought to them are too left...too socialist...too much.

guiliani is a 'moderate'?!? THAT'S what a moderate is to the GOP now??? god help us all.

(anyone with a brain knows Palin's an idiot.)

I said it before on CNN and I'll say it again: Sarah Palin is nothing short of a blathering lunatic and will be utterly disastrous for this nation and the planet if elected to any post in the future. She epitomizes everything that is wrong with the mindless drama-infatuated culture of this country. All media outlets should be ashamed of themselves for allowing her this much airtime, but much like the idiocy of Jon and Kate – bull sells commercials and lines shareholders pockets.

What is worse than this psychopath is her idiotic drones of conservatives that consistently buy her bull. The void of critical thinking and judgment of this mass of individuals represents a threat to the fabric of our democracy and is far greater than any so called terrorist threat.

Palin has found the pot of Gold also.. Good for who.. did you say..Rudy?... Republicans are always good for themselves.. after opposing Medicare in 1965 and Social Security back in 1935.. they felt it was too much government.. so much so they called it socialist.. And will abandon the programs if they get a chance to privatize all of it ........ So good for who Rudy?

Palin is going to be the reason why Obama gets another FOUR more yeas in the white house.

I hope Huckabee gets nominated, otherwise, it'll be Obie for 4 more years.

Three more years from now, Obama would have learned the ropes and sound 10000 times smarter than Palin.

I couldn't agree with him more. Let her keeping destroying the Republican party from inside, they look like a joke just like he does.

Palin is also good for the Democratic Party. Please let her run for the president in 2012.

Oh Rudy,

You lost me when you spoke at the GOP pre-election convention. Your rhetoric and absolute trash that came out of your mouth meant I didn't have to listen to you anymore. Wonder how many are like me now?

The sunset awaits you.

Sure glad to see you far left liberals getting your feathers ruffled again. Funny how you critize every conservative but then don't critize your own when the lie, cheat and even forget about paying taxes.

Giuliani is dumber than I thought.

Why are people so scared of these terrorists? Dont be afraid. Uncle Sam is watching our every move. Uncle Sam is not stupid. I'm so sure BIG BROTHER has access to information transferred via internet, phone, mail, and emails.

Relax! Goodness, people keep thinking Uncle Sam is dumb or something. The beast is very smart. He is just not showing his true colors yet.

I think I heard that by 2016, the technology will exist to CHIP everyone. I smell 666 around the corner.

So dont worry, Uncle Sam has it under control. And if not, as AMERICANS, we have the BIGGEST mouths in the world. WE'll scream and show up on TV.

Stop being wimps. Goodnes,, we've got God and Guns

Palin is great for the GOP because the only people left in the GOP (only about 20% of the American people are willing to call themselves Republican anymore) are people who are narrow minded, fear mongering bigots like her. The Tea Baggers are all the looneys who don't vote anyway, and are even crazier than those calling themselves Republicans (their rallies look like the line at the Wal-Mart pharmacy). There isn't ONE "Leader" of either the Tea Baggers or the Republicans I would ever consider voting for as President. Obama will win re-election in a walk, cuz the opposition may be vocal, but they just don't have the numbers. Let the south and the plains go red, in fact let the secede for all I care, Obama will win the Electoral vote and the popular vote, just like last time. So keep on hating, it won't make any difference unless someone can come up with a real alternative to this President, and so far there is NONE!

Pathetic...hard to recall that this man was once taken seriously.

Rudy a moderate?

A demagogic schemer, a venal, nasty, power loving, bully. I see nothing moderate here.

A class A creep, finally. That's your Republican moderate.

NY Republicans have learned what happens when you take on the fringe of the party. It's a shame that the right has hijacked what used to be a viable alternative to voting Democratic.

Wow, there goes any respect I had left for Rudy Giuliani...

It makes me wonder whether Rudy is saying what a politician should say or whether he has a fantasy about her being Pres. and naming him into a prominent position?

Actually, if you analyze what he said, it does not translate to "Palin is qualified to be President." Rudy himself appears to have a following like Palin – some think he is terrific and some do not want to have America in his hands.

Oh Yes, Sarah Palin is great for the Democratic Party.

Man – what else could Rudy say? If he trashed her, he'd have to deal with Rush and the rest of the fringe who seem to be in de facto control of the party right now.

I live in Canada by the way.

The latest chapter of Palinmania is a media driven national stampede gloriying anit-intellectualism, intentional misstatements of fact, demagoguery, hkypocrisy, and witless winking. Wake me up when she starts looking her age and the media-monster decides it time to devour her. What a great country!

Hmmm. Let me think. Rudy Giulian.... Oh that's right... the three-time wife cheating divorce former Major of New York who recommended that convicted criminal Bernie what's his face to be the "Homeland Security" Zsar.

What's he spewing from his mouth now? Oh yeah, that "we" need to take a hard look at how Obama is handling "Terrorism."

It seems like this guy is a one-trick horse. Oh wow, that'e right it was Republican George Bush Jr. under who's watch we got attacked in the first place.

Golly... It seems like you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can fool those foolish Right-Wing people ALL of the time!

We all know Giuliani will pander to anyone if it'll add fans to his repertoire. Palin's conservative base is just another group of people he wants to vote for him in the next election.

Rudy must not be paying attention. In the one race she involved herself in recently the republican LOST, and in the two she was kept away from, the moderate republican WON. How, exactly is she GOOD for the republican party?

One loser to another!

Guiliani is terrifed of the Palindrones.

Rudy a Moderate?

Most of the articles on this ticker is about Palin, WHY??

Rudy is just trying to keep the pot stirred up to confuse the republicans, which is pretty easy to do.
I feel like campaigning for Palin in an effort to get her the nomination. It would be such a joy to watch her in a debate with an articulate thinking person, which difficult to find among the current republican party.
Just like the communist dictatorships, the republican party has purged all the intellectuals from the party. The real thinking conservatives are shaking their heads in embarrassment at what has happend to the GOP.

and i guess the GOP don't need Texas to carry any votes and that is only if Barbie stay out of Texas politics.

Labeling Giuliani a "moderate" is an oversimplification of the man, who, in my opinion, is downright slimy.

Obama isn't just bringing the murdering terrorists to NYC for OJ like Circus trials he wants to bring the rest of the murdering terrorists from Gitmo to a new Gitmo in Illinois. The American people don't want the murdering terrorist enjoing life in NYC and the heartland of our country. This insanity needs to be stopped. Call your Congressman and Senators.

ARE WE TO TRUST RUDY's JUDGEMENT ON CHARACTER?

Isn't Rudy the same guy that appointed his former bodyguard & chauffeur Bernie Kerik to be New York's top cop? And once Bernie became New York's Commissioner, Rudy strongly recommended Bernie to be the nation's first Secretary of DHS (Dept. of Homeland Security). Only to find out that Rudy's best pal had a ton of skeletons in his closet. So much so that even Rove and Cheney had to reject Bush’s selection for Bernie to be the first DHS head.

we care about him and what he thinks because of what..............she was & still is the demise of the party in 2008–12

That's right! She's great for the elephant. There's going to be division and bitterness toward her styles of leadership.

She's awesome but I lost faith in her when she had a pregnant daughter and when she didnt have a clue and talked to the French comedian, posing to be the Prez of France.

I was impressed by Palin at first, but then I realized she is disappointing. She doesn't seem to be informed. I am no genius, but even if you read newspapers like the Washington Post you should be able to learn something. I'd look to Gary Johnson for 2012. He may be lacking foreign policy wise, but is someone who could draw broad support.

Every village has at least one......seems the GOP has theirs.

Proof that Rudy can not be trusted...

Republican-Talibans for Gubner Palin! You go gurl!!

Rudy Giuliani have never got anything right!!

Did I miss it? When did Guliani become moderate?

1. Guiliani is not a moderate.
2. Sarah Palin is great for the Democratic party also.

Dear NC The terrorist are here already!

And the more CNN obsesses with her, the better. She deserves to be heard BEFORE the liberals at CNN try to set her up to be torn down.

At least the coverage CNN gives her is now allowing her to be seen and heard which gives her an avenue of countering the hatred towards her from the "tolerant" left.

If Sara Palin is the best and brigthtest of the female candidates the republican party has to offer America they are in big trouble!

The woman is unqualified to teach a high school history class, and some embrace her qualifications to run this country. Frightening.

Put any Hollywood actress on stage and she could do exactly what Sarah Palin does. She could give a great pre-prepared speech, look terrific and be so full of clever ,personality filled conversation that all you Republicans would be entranced. But seriously, would you then assume, she'd make a good president? Particularly if she couldn't even answer a couple of questions about the government?. In our own little world out here, we the audience had no trouble with Courics questions or Gibsons either. and we don't think we're pres. material.She couldn't even handle her term in Alaska. Time for you to do some serious thinking,reading and listening.SERIOUSLY.

she is like Bush in a dress basically..with lipstick on..very interesting

Duck Rudy!!
Florida's coming....
Give yr mouth a rest Rudy!
You can stand up to Ahmedinejab?
Prove it by calling a Palin appaling.

She makes George Bush look like Einstein. Not an easy task by anybodys standards. She thinks she talks to God too.......

Yes Ellie May Palin is great for the GOP. it is a blast watching the D.A. and her never ending comedy of errors.

Just quit and move on Sarah. it's the right dinger way.

I agree with Rudy. Palin is just what we need....Fresh, honest, and energetic.

Sarah is great to fire up the misinformed hillbillies.

Rudy and palin deserve each other.Both should be barred from politics this country should not have to put up with these two nonsensical folks .

If Sarah Palin is good for the GOP, as in best they've got, they're in worse shape than I could ever have imagined.

Great Rudi,
With Sarah on the loose, she will make you look better? She would make a Great White Shark look better. I think she is the best thing that ever happened to the DNC. Go Sarah. Go.

Of course he is going to throw his hat in the ring again. That would be great for the Democrats. All of this attention on Sarah Palin helps the Democrats too because it reminds everyone of her disastrous campaign last year and of her polarizing effect on the right wing element of her party. It is too bad that Mr. Guiliani doesn't have more confidence in the judicial and law enforcement agencies of New York since he doesn't think they can handle the trials of the five Gitmo detainees. New Yorkers should be relieved they are finally going to be tried and convicted after all these years. Justice needs to be served.

THis is why Rudi has really become irrelevant. Democrats can only hope that the GOP define itself by Palin, the party of white trash.

Moderate? He's an Israel-firster of the nth degree. But then, so is Palin, so they're on the same wavelength on the one issue that apparently overrides all others.

It's been a long time since Giuliani could reasonably be referred to as a moderate.

Do you guys think that he really believes this or is saying it for some alterior motive? I would like to think that he still has his wits about him, but he makes it hard...

If she were president I'm sure she would have had a decision on what to do with Afghanistan by now and she would have resolved the problems of health care reform too. No doubt. Go Sarah. She'd be good not only for the GOP but for the whole country as well.

“She gets a tremendous reception even here in Democratic New York,” Of course she gets a tremendous reception; she's a very good joke.

Is anybody paying attention to Rudy Giuliani? I hope Sarah Palin is the GOP nominee in '12. That would assure a Goldwater-esque defeat!

She is good looking

Republicans will reign in 2010 and 2012. Now obama wants to bring the Gitmo detainees to Illinois, thinking that bringing thousands of jobs and billions of tax dollars to "one" of his home states will give him an upper hand in 2012. It will only bring more terrorists from afar and here at home to harm us.

TAKE NOTE

Rudy Guiliani is praising Sarah Palin for fear she will turn on him as she turned on other Republican moderates like NY-23 Dede Scozzafava. It is so embarrassing to watch staunch Republicans like Rudy Guiliani, Lindsey Graham, Michael Steele, and John McCain run for cover in wake of "Palin's GOP Party Purging Typhoon".

palin is great! everyone is interested in her. even cnn, new york times and the other haters. see how much coverage cnn gives her. there is at least one palin story on cnn every day. and although the haters respond with their vilifications, they respond. it seems nobody gets enough of her.

"Strong alternatives in 2012" If Giulani thinks Sarah Palin is a strong alternative, the Dem's have no worries. That is the ignorance coming out of yet another republican.It baffles the mind that anyone can take this Palin entertainer seriously, and yet have the gull to pretend she is a value to the republican party. Does Rudy boy think the rest of the world is so stupid as to believe that she is a strong alternative ? Sure is a safe feeling that this guy never got near the Whitehouse.The only thing Rudy knows what to do is put down Obama, and bring back the old republican feeling of shoot first.

Palin/Bachmann 2012

Embrace the Crazy!!!

LOL

Just goes to show you, Rudi will lie about anything if in his own best interests.

Barbie is a moron.

I agree that we need more than 1 political party, but I think we need 3 not 2.

But the GOP just ain't a healthy one. Far from it. And Palin is the disease.

Yeah she is great for the Republican party.......because Palin and her far right wing religious conservative radical racists will continue to pull the True Moderate and main stream conservatives in the republican party apart......... until the GOP will dissolve itself..........that's why Palin is Grrrrrrrreat for the Republican party.........go Sarah go........Democrats will be in charge for many more years as long as this woman is a threat to America

Gee, what a surprise....Rudy has only good things to say about Republicans. He is nothing but a PR rep for the GOP. Go away Rudy, and take your friend Palin with you.

Who listens to this guy? His own children don't listen to him, nor seem to like him. That is pretty bad. When asked by King about the trials being held in NYC, he giggles like a child. What is wrong with person? He needs to shut up, and retire.

Sarah believes in smaller gov't, less taxes, a strong military, and individual freedom. Democrats call that extreme. Sounds main stream to me.

Really, Rudy? She was able to put a blue candidate into a solid red district in your very own state, in a year where Republicans elsewhere were doing quite well.

The party must really be hurting if Rudy thinks Sarah Palin is "great" for the republican party. I wonder what he thinks is bad for the party.

Oh, boy, that's scary. The Republican party for reasons unknown to me keeps falling for these mental lightweights. W was a prime example and now they fall for Palin, who has no credentials for being President. McCain made a complete boneheaded move by choosing her and now, just because of a poor decision on his part, she thinks she can be President. Go home to Alaska, Sarah, and stay there. W was a big enough disaster. You'd easily surpass him and America would suffer greatly for it. As for the Republicans . . . WAKE UP . . . you do have women who have a brain and who can qualify and you have men with a brain, too. Stay away from the brainless candidates like Palin.

I don't see how she can be good for the Republican party. The Republicans I know – including me- think she's a joke. She may have energized an audience, but many rational Republicans are looking for a real leader who can take this country forward. I'm one of those who would have happily voted for McCain, until he chose his running mate. This woman has done little but act like the pitbull she proudly claims she is – she's vicious, she's divisive, and above all, she's stupid. Like a dog bred for nothing but fighting, she's stubborn – once she pounces on something, she won't let it go. She doesn't let little things like hypocrisy, inconsistency, or facts get in her way. She's a poor excuse for a leader, and I don't think she's much of a mother, either, especially when she parades her kids on stage, exposing them to slurs and ridicule, and she keeps on saying other people want her baby killed. She is the ONLY person I have heard say such a terrible thing, and she has said so many times. What kind of mother does that? She has also said she thought about abortion herself and made the big choice not to do it. We're supposed to applaud this?? Sarah Palin does not deserve one tenth of the attention she is getting.

I'm still waiting for Sarah to explain how today's Insurance heads can deny, suspend, and cancel coverage of any treatment at any time especially if the person is too old, too sick or treatment is too expensive or isn't 'mainstream' enough but she doesn't consider them 'Death Panels' She good for the GOP alright, she continues to show the lows the republicans will stoop to get their way and win win WIN at all costs.

Shouldn't Guliani be down in Florida campaigning for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination?? The guy is such a brilliant political strategist whose opinion really matters!! Good ols "noun, verb 911.

And of course Mayor G, we trust YOUR judgement of the character of Palin, you being an expert on human behavior. You, the person who has been married three times, once to your cousin (had you been hanging around some Southern U. S. mountain folk at that time ?), lived with your "girl" friend, while your 2nd wife and children lived on the other side of the wall, and you hired that bald headed creep Security guy who followed his wizzer around, and now has one foot jail. Please Mayor G., enlighten us more !

WOW! HOW PATHETIC!

Do you people understand what is happening here?

The big bad Rudy Giuliani, former New York mob prosecutor and mayor is racing to kiss Sarah Palin's @__! Why? Because Guiliani know that he is a gay supporting pro-abortionist, and in Sarah Palin's Republican Party moderates like Guiliani are targeted for political extinction.

As a former Republican and fiscal conservative, I find it to be disheartening to see where the Republican Party has gone. Sarah Palin is NOT good for the Republican Party, or fiscal conservatism as a whole because she divides us in half due to her nutjob social stances. She doesn't even have the intellect to have thought through her own social conservative views, she merely parrots what she's heard other people say. Her lack of understanding of her own adopted viewpoints leads to contradictory statements and untenable stances. She basically panders and says whatever she thinks the Limbots/Hannidiots etc. want to hear.

I am a scientist, and the current Republican leadership has forced me out by embracing candidate after candidate that is hostile to science and ignorant about ecological issues (environmental CONSERVATION ought to be a conservative view, but they are too ignorant these days to comprehend it). All signs point to the Republican Party moving to the far right, and it's a real shame because this country needs a good, viable, moderate opposition party.

I dont the words great and Sarah Palin should be anywhere next to eachother!

“I think Sarah Palin is great for the Republican Party,”

She's great for the Democratic Party also.
As long as she's out there reminding Americans how ignorant Republicans are. They don't stand a chance, Thank God.
Who cares what " I'm a HasBeen" Guilianni has to say anyway.
The man is the most negative " Nobody " out there.

Palin is an entertainer for sure. If negative attention is better than no attention at all, she should be considered as a great asset of the Republican party.

yeah, right – just like Rudy thought he could be elected president.

She sure is

She spreads the hate and lies and lets the men keep their hands clean – so to speak.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

We all think Sarah is great for the republican party.

palin energizes the worst in humanity

That's because people mistakenly msidentify her as Tina Fay. Rudy, you must be jockeying for some sort of handout post if the rabid right ever gets back into power. Pathetic, really.