Editing Rudy Giuliani (section)

=== 2008 presidential campaign ===
{{Main|Rudy Giuliani 2008 presidential campaign}}
[[File:Rudy08.png|right|thumb|Presidential campaign logo]]

In November 2006, Giuliani announced the formation of an [[exploratory committee]] toward a run for [[2008 United States presidential election|the presidency in 2008]]. In February 2007, he filed a "statement of candidacy" and confirmed on the television program ''[[Larry King Live]]'' that he was indeed running.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 15, 2007 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/14/giuliani.lkl/index.html |title=Giuliani 'not confident' war will turn around |work=CNN |access-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223144/http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/14/giuliani.lkl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Rudy Giuliani SDSU.jpg|right|thumb|Giuliani at a rally at [[San Diego State University]] in August 2007 when polls showed him as the front-runner for the Republican party's nomination]]

Early polls showed Giuliani with one of the highest levels of name recognition ever recorded along with high levels of support among the Republican candidates. Throughout most of 2007, he was the leader in [[Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2008 presidential candidates|most nationwide opinion polling among Republicans]]. Senator [[John McCain]], who ranked a close second behind the New York Mayor, had faded, and most polls showed Giuliani to have more support than any of the other declared Republican candidates, with only former senator [[Fred Thompson]] and former governor [[Mitt Romney]] showing greater support in some [[Opinion polling for the Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008|per-state Republican polls]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pollingreport.com/wh08rep.htm |title=WH2008: Republicans |publisher=Polling Report |access-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613110212/http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08rep.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 7, 2007, Giuliani's campaign received an endorsement from [[Evangelicalism|evangelist]], [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] founder, and past presidential candidate [[Pat Robertson]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Steinhauser |title=Giuliani, McCain pick up key Christian conservative backing |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/07/conservatives.endorsements/index.html#cnnSTCText |publisher=CNN |date=November 7, 2007 |access-date=November 8, 2007 |archive-date=November 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109095102/http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/07/conservatives.endorsements/index.html#cnnSTCText |url-status=live }}</ref> This was viewed by political observers as a possibly key development in the race, as it gave credence that [[Christian evangelism|evangelicals]] and other [[social conservative]]s could support Giuliani despite some of his positions on social issues such as abortion and gay rights.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21669328 |title=Pat Robertson endorses Giuliani |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=November 7, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617165859/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21669328/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Giuliani's campaign hit a difficult stretch during the last two months of 2007, when [[Bernard Kerik]], whom Giuliani had recommended for the position of Secretary of Homeland Security, was indicted on 16 counts of tax fraud and other federal charges.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/nyregion/10kerik.html |title=A Defiant Kerik Vows to Battle U.S. Indictment |last1=Buettner |first1=Russ |first2=William K. |last2=Rashbaum |name-list-style=amp |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 10, 2007 |access-date=November 10, 2007 |archive-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415124449/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/nyregion/10kerik.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The media reported that when Giuliani was the mayor of New York, he billed several tens of thousands of dollars of mayoral security expenses to obscure city agencies. Those expenses were incurred while he visited [[Judith Nathan]], with whom he was having an extramarital affair<ref name="Smith-2007">{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2007/11/giuliani-billed-obscure-agencies-for-trips-007073 |title=Giuliani billed obscure agencies for trips |last=Smith |first=Ben |work=[[Politico]] |date=November 30, 2007 |access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-date=November 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120195410/http://www.politico.com/story/2007/11/giuliani-billed-obscure-agencies-for-trips-007073 |url-status=live }}</ref> (later analysis showed the billing to likely be unrelated to hiding Nathan).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/12/20/us/politics/20071221_GIULIANI_GRAPHIC.html |first=Russ |last=Buettner |title=Giuliani's shifted money around? Yes. To hide Hamptons trips? Unlikely. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 20, 2007 |access-date=December 26, 2007 |archive-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514142104/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/12/20/us/politics/20071221_GIULIANI_GRAPHIC.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Several stories were published in the press regarding clients of [[Giuliani Partners]] and [[Bracewell & Giuliani]] who were in opposition to goals of American foreign policy.<ref name="Brune-2007" /> Giuliani's national poll numbers began steadily slipping and his unusual strategy of focusing more on later, multi-primary big states rather than the smaller, first-voting states was seen at risk.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jazNRPA-PoarmKc-rOqLU6Hlu51Q |title=Hospital health scare latest of Giuliani's woes |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=December 20, 2007 |access-date=December 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108045653/https://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jazNRPA-PoarmKc-rOqLU6Hlu51Q |archive-date=January 8, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Montopoli-2008">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/for-giuliani-a-disappointing-fade-to-exit/ |title=For Giuliani, A Disappointing Fade To Exit |publisher=[[CBS News]] via CBS Interactive Inc. |first=Brian |last=Montopoli |date=January 29, 2008 |access-date=January 30, 2008 |archive-date=29 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829200454/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/for-giuliani-a-disappointing-fade-to-exit/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Rudygiuliani1.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Giuliani at a campaign event in [[Derry, New Hampshire]], the day before the [[New Hampshire Republican primary, 2008|New Hampshire primary]]]]

Despite his strategy, Giuliani competed to a substantial extent<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4105498&page=1 |first1=Jake |last1=Tapper |author-link=Jake Tapper |first2=Karen |last2=Travers |title=Rudy Focused on N.H., Despite Claims |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=January 8, 2008 |access-date=January 9, 2008 |archive-date=January 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112042555/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4105498&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> in the January 8, 2008, [[New Hampshire Republican primary, 2008|New Hampshire primary]] but finished a distant fourth with 9{{spaces}}percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#NH |title=Election Center 2008: Primary Results for New Hampshire |work=CNN |date=January 9, 2008 |access-date=January 9, 2008 |archive-date=January 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108135337/http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#NH |url-status=live }}</ref> Similar poor results continued in other early contests, when Giuliani's staff went without pay in order to focus all efforts on the crucial late January [[Florida Republican primary, 2008|Florida Republican primary]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-11-giuliani-staffers_N.htm |title=Giuliani Staffers Forgo Paychecks |work=[[USA Today]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=August 6, 2015 |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904014216/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-11-giuliani-staffers_N.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The shift of the electorate's focus from [[national security]] to the state of the economy also hurt Giuliani,<ref name="Montopoli-2008" /> as did the resurgence of McCain's similarly themed campaign. On January 29, 2008, Giuliani finished a distant third in the Florida result with 15{{spaces}}percent of the vote, trailing McCain and Romney.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/29/fl.primary/index.html |title=McCain wins Florida, Giuliani expected to drop out |publisher=CNN |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=March 3, 2008 |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307045048/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/29/fl.primary/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Facing declining polls and lost leads in the upcoming large [[Super Tuesday (2008)|Super Tuesday]] states,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/california/election_2008_california_republican_presidential_primary |title=Election 2008: California Republican Presidential Primary California: McCain 24% Romney 17% |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119110102/http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/california/election_2008_california_republican_presidential_primary |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |publisher=Rasmussen Reports |date=January 17, 2008 |access-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/new_jersey/new_jersey_republican_presidential_primary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119110112/http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/new_jersey/new_jersey_republican_presidential_primary |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |title=New Jersey Republican Presidential Primary New Jersey: McCain 29% Giuliani 27% |publisher=Rasmussen Reports |date=January 17, 2008 |access-date=July 25, 2012}}</ref> including that of his home New York,<ref>{{cite news|first=Elisabeth|last=Bumiller|author-link=Elisabeth Bumiller|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/us/politics/22cnd-repubs.html|title=G.O.P. Rivals Open Final Assault in Florida|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 20, 2008|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125193916/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/us/politics/22cnd-repubs.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Giuliani withdrew from the race on January 30, endorsing McCain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2964765820080131 |title=Giuliani, Edwards quit White House Race |date=January 30, 2008 |work=[[Reuters]] |first=Steve |last=Holland |access-date=January 30, 2008 |archive-date=February 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201110249/http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2964765820080131 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Giuliani's campaign ended up $3.6{{spaces}}million in arrears,<ref name="Hernandez-2008">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/nyregion/14giuliani.html |title=Giuliani Plans to Aid Hopefuls, for His Share |last=Hernandez |first=Raymond |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 17, 2008 |access-date=February 12, 2017 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127004024/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/nyregion/14giuliani.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and in June 2008 Giuliani sought to retire the debt by proposing to appear at Republican fundraisers during the 2008 general election, and have part of the proceeds go towards his campaign.<ref name="Hernandez-2008" /> During the [[2008 Republican National Convention]], Giuliani gave a prime-time speech that praised McCain and his running mate, [[Sarah Palin]], while criticizing Democratic nominee [[Barack Obama]]. He cited Palin's executive experience as a mayor and governor and belittled Obama's lack of same, and his remarks were met with wild applause from the delegates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Giuliani: Palin More Qualified Than Obama |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giuliani-palin-more-qualified-than-obama/ |publisher=CBS News |date=August 31, 2008 |access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-date=September 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901010714/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/31/ftn/main4401610.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Giuliani continued to be one of McCain's most active surrogates during the remainder of McCain's eventually unsuccessful campaign.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/nyregion/19rudy.html |title=Governor Giuliani? Some State Republicans Are Hoping He'll Try |last1=Hakim |first1=Danny |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 18, 2008 |access-date=December 11, 2008 |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515163756/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/nyregion/19rudy.html |url-status=live }}</ref>