Rudy returns
Posted: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:13 PM by Mark Murray
From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger
CAMP HILL, PA -- With
McCain called back to Washington to vote in the Senate,
Rudy Giuliani pitched in and headlined a $1,000-a-plate luncheon for the Arizona senator, and said he believed the Republicans can win Pennsylvania.
VIDEO: While campaigning for his former opponent, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani talks to reporters about the differences between the Arizona senator and his Democratic competitors.
“I would consider this for John a very doable state, a state he could win” Giuliani told reporters after the luncheon. “Someone like John McCain that has outreach to independent and to Democratic voters, this is a perfect state for him.” (Indeed, a
recent Pennsylvania poll shows McCain leading both Clinton and Obama in the Keystone State.)
Asked about the potential of a McCain-Giuliani ticket, or even a McCain-Romney ticket, Giuliani demurred. “The choice of vice president is up to John McCain,” he said. “I’m sure he’ll make a very good choice. I’m not going to comment on that at all.”
No stranger to New York controversies, Giuliani said his thoughts were with the Spitzer family. “I feel great sadness for the governor and for his family and for his children,” he said. “He made a decision he believed was the right one, and I just pray for them.”
Although he didn't rule it out, Giuliani said he wasn’t thinking about running for governor himself in 2010. “I’m not considering running for anything right now,” he said. “I’m just back in my law firm, back in business, getting used to my private life, and it’s quote enjoyable. So I’m not thinking about running for anything right now.”