{"id":422,"date":"2009-11-20T10:59:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T15:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2009-11-20T10:59:25","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T15:59:25","slug":"good-news-bad-news-on-rudy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=422","title":{"rendered":"Good news, bad news on Rudy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudy_Giuliani\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Rudy<\/a> refuses to go away. \u00a0It&#8217;s not helping that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nygop.org\" target=\"_blank\">NY GOP<\/a> is so bankrupt they keep his name in circulation rather than cultivate a new generation of political leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/2009\/11\/19\/2009-11-19_former_mayor_rudy_giuliani_to_announce_plan_to_run_for_us_senate.html\" target=\"_blank\">latest news<\/a> is that he&#8217;s not interested in running for Governor next year. \u00a0That&#8217;s good. \u00a0Now it is being reported he&#8217;s considering a run for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a> against <a href=\"http:\/\/gillibrand.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Kirsten Gillibrand<\/a> instead and there is a new <a href=\"http:\/\/statepolitics.lohudblogs.com\/2009\/11\/19\/poll-giuliani-could-defeat-gillibrand-for-u-s-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marist poll<\/a> that shows he&#8217;d beat her. \u00a0The only good thing about that is it would keep the equally detestable <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Pataki\" target=\"_blank\">George Pataki<\/a> out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>New York desperately needs new political leadership, Republicans and Democrats. \u00a0Right now that seems unlikely.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D422&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=422\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=422\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=422\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Rudy refuses to go away. \u00a0It&#8217;s not helping that the NY GOP is so bankrupt they keep his name in circulation rather than cultivate a new generation of political leaders. 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