With talk of potential 2012 presidential candidates swarming the media, Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says that he might consider running as well. According to CNN, Giuliani says he’s more likely to run for president if former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin runs. Giuliani dropped out of the 2008 Republican presidential primary and said that the 2012 GOP nomination would portray him as a moderate Republican.
“The more Republicans in which I can show a contrast, probably the better chance, the better chance that I have,” says Giuliani. If he does decide to run, he says his main focus will be on winning Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina which are the sites of the first presidential nominating contests.
Giuliani also discusses the lack of a Republican frontrunner. “There is no obvious frontrunner right now. I guess everybody is happy with that, because nobody wants to be the frontrunner at this point because it always seems the frontrunner gets all the attention, all of the negative publicity.”
As election year gets closer, more potential candidates will appear in hopes of becoming president. We’ll find out soon enough who will enter the 2012 race and I’m sure the revelations will be very interesting for both Democrats and Republicans.
This post contains excerpts from an interview with Giuliani done by Piers Morgan which is set to air at 9 p.m. EST Monday, January 24th on CNN.
