The Palmetto Scoop has the exclusive:
Rumors are swirling across the Palmetto State that Gov. Mark Sanford, who has until now remained neutral in the race for the White House, will endorse former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in his bid to become the next president. The Palmetto Scoop has been contacted by numerous sources who are reporting a “feeding frenzy” among national and local reporters to confirm the buzz.
The whispers of a Sanford-Giuliani endorsement grew to a roar early this morning following a Greenville News article that reported the Giuliani campaign had conspicuously concealed details about its Thursday campaign schedule in South Carolina.
Absolutely huge endorsement for Rudy if this report is correct.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:44 am
On the plus side this takes Sanford off the table for VP if our nominee is not the former NYC mayor.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:45 am
HLY STHIOTITI
October 11th, 2007 at 10:45 am
If true, SoCons to start calling Sanford a RINO, baby killer, gay supporting lover, in 9…8….7…6..
October 11th, 2007 at 10:47 am
I’d put a question mark on the title right now. Great pickup for Rudy, if true, but the Scoop has been wrong before and this isn’t getting picked up yet. FITNEWS IS ALWAYS WRONG- completely unreliable source.
I wouldn’t be suprised though if he did now. But I’d keep a little skeptical of the source if its coming from FITNews or whatever that site they source is.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:47 am
SC conservative rep voters will not be happy. wasn’t Romney leading in the SC polls?
October 11th, 2007 at 10:51 am
GOP,
Thompson leading in the polls in SC.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:54 am
TLG will be thrilled.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Wow!!!! Great Endorsement, perhaps the most important of this race so far.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:55 am
GOP: ‘SC conservative rep voters will not be happy.’
I don’t think you speak for ‘conservative rep voters’, Mister. Weren’t you the one who said that he would only vote for Huckabee in the general election? And the Huckster is no conservative.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:06 am
I have always thought also that Sanford or Crist was the best veep pick for a Giuliani ticket.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Crist is pro-choice, so that’s not going to happen. Besides, he’s been in office for less than a year. How would Floridians feel if he abandoned their state to become VP?
October 11th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Geraghty (NRO) says he talked to the Giuliani folks and it isn’t Sanford.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:15 am
It’s all rumors for right now. Thought folks would be interested.
Charlie Crist will not be a VP selection for any candidate. You can write that one down.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Big pickup for Rudy.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:20 am
I am surprised that Sanford would enorse thus far….I would expect him to wait at least till the end of this month and the other debates to pick a side.
Big pick up for Rudy, and can hurt the McCain or Thompson goal of a SC victory?
October 11th, 2007 at 11:23 am
“# Awakened Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 10:54 am
TLG will be thrilled.”
I am! But not surprised, if it’s indeed true.
Kavon is right about Crist — he’s new and inexperienced, he’s rumored to be gay, and he’s noted as a RINO by many factions of the GOP.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:24 am
mccain ain’t going to win in sc. he will skip iowa, come in fourth in nh and then drop out.
big pick up for rudy if its true. it is stil just an endorsement however.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:28 am
new development:
http://schotline.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/sanford-will-not-be-endorsing-rudy-giuliani-anytime-soon/
October 11th, 2007 at 11:31 am
TLG: ‘Kavon is right about Crist — he’s new and inexperienced, he’s rumored to be gay’
NO WAY! He doesn’t look gay in the least: http://www.floridafaf.org/images/crist_color_sm.jpg
Gay or not, I think he might run for president in 2016. Hopefully, by then, the Republican Party will have solved its little ‘gay problem’.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:38 am
#19 Awakened I speak as a Floridian and as a Republican, you do not want Charlie Crist to run so much as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, believe me
October 11th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Awakened, does Lindsey Graham look gay?
October 11th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
econ grad stud: ‘Awakened, does Lindsey Graham look gay?’
He looks and sounds gay. By the way, I was being sarcastic about Crist not looking gay.
Jonathan, what’s wrong with Crist?
October 11th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Isn’t Crist married?
October 11th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Crist isn’t married?”
October 11th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Hey, Awakened, how’d you get that handsome pic of Crist so fast?
October 11th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Joe M: ‘Hey, Awakened, how’d you get that handsome pic of Crist so fast? ‘
Why, from my private collection of handsome men, of course. The exact file was D:\pics\nonnudes\crist-charlie\pic0267.jpg – I uploaded it to the internet.
Seriously though, I just used Google Images. I think he’s so tanned that his skin color seems unnatural; he sort of looks like a character from Sesame Street. But you’re the professional, if you think that he’s handsome and dreamy, I’ll have to take your word for it (I’m just kidding).
October 11th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Giuliani just hit 30% in the RCP average. That’s his highest point in 5 months, and his trajectory is upward.
The pulling away that I recently predicted is well underway.
To quote Darth Vader, nothing can stop us this time.