Editing Rudy Giuliani (section)

=== After 2008 election ===
Following the end of his presidential campaign, Giuliani's "high appearance fees dropped like a stone".<ref>{{cite news |last=Greenbaum |first=Mark |date=April 3, 2011 |url=http://www.salon.com/2011/04/03/greenbaum_mitch_daniels_2012/ |title=Why Mitch Daniels is the Republican to watch for '12 |work=[[Salon.com]] |access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-date=November 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120184041/http://www.salon.com/2011/04/03/greenbaum_mitch_daniels_2012/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He returned to work at both [[Giuliani Partners]] and [[Bracewell & Giuliani]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/nyregion/17rudy.html |title=How's Life for Giuliani These Days? Quite Busy |last1=Santora |first1=Marc |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 16, 2008 |access-date=December 11, 2008 |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515154201/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/nyregion/17rudy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His consultancy work included advising [[Keiko Fujimori]] with her presidential campaign during the [[2011 Peruvian general election]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Alexander Burns|date=June 6, 2011|title=Giuliani loses election – in Peru|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/giuliani-loses-election-in-peru-056325|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=[[Politico]]|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727235200/https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/giuliani-loses-election-in-peru-056325|url-status=live}}</ref> Giuliani also explored hosting a syndicated radio show, and was reported to be in talks with [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] about replacing [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] before that position went to [[Fred Thompson]] (another unsuccessful 2008 GOP presidential primary candidate).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/23/republican-radio-hosts-rush-limbaugh |title=Republican contenders finally find voice: as radio talk hosts |first=Ed |last=Pilkington |date=December 22, 2008 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314102238/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/23/republican-radio-hosts-rush-limbaugh |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Thompson joins talk radio opposition |date=December 22, 2008 |work=FirstPost |url=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/people,1779,fred-thompson-joins-the-talk-radio-opposition,64900 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209051712/http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/people,1779,fred-thompson-joins-the-talk-radio-opposition,64900 |archive-date=February 9, 2009 |access-date=20 December 2023 }}</ref> In 2009, Giuliani said the [[Obama administration]] and [[U.S. Treasury Secretary]] [[Timothy Geithner]] lacked executive competence in dealing with the [[2008 financial crisis]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://observer.com/2009/07/giuliani-tears-into-obama-praises-bloomberg-hints-at-succeeding-paterson/ | title=Giuliani Tears Into Obama, Praises Bloomberg, Hints at Succeeding Paterson | first=Bonnie | last=Kavoussi | work=[[The New York Observer]] | date=July 30, 2009}}</ref>

[[File:USMC-091108-M-0000X-090.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.75|Giuliani gives the keynote speech at the Jumeriah Essex House in honor of the USS New York sailors and Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 26 Marines on November 8, 2009.]]
Giuliani said his political career was not necessarily over, and did not rule out a [[2010 New York gubernatorial election|2010 New York gubernatorial]] or [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential]] bid.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/16/giuliani-wont-rule-out-runs-for-ny-governor-or-president/ |title=Giuliani won't rule out runs for NY governor or president |work=CNN |date=November 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116230133/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/16/giuliani-wont-rule-out-runs-for-ny-governor-or-president/ |access-date=December 11, 2008|archive-date=November 16, 2008 }}</ref> A November 2008 [[Siena College]] poll indicated that although Governor [[David Paterson]]{{snd}}promoted to the office via the [[Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal]] a year before{{snd}}was popular among New Yorkers, he would have just a slight lead over Giuliani in a hypothetical matchup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/giuliani-gains-ground-paterson-governor-race-poll-article-1.338984 |url-status=live |title=Giuliani gains ground against Paterson in governor's race in recent poll |last1=Lovett |first1=Kenneth |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=November 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018112149/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/giuliani-gains-ground-paterson-governor-race-poll-article-1.338984 |access-date=December 11, 2008|archive-date=October 18, 2012 }}</ref> By February 2009, after the prolonged [[2010 United States Senate special election in New York#Appointment|Senate appointment process]], a Siena College poll indicated that Paterson was losing popularity among New Yorkers, and showed Giuliani with a fifteen-point lead in the hypothetical contest.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-paterson-cuomo-poll-idUSTRE51N6ZQ20090224 |title=New York governor trails rival Cuomo in latest poll |date=February 24, 2009 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822011659/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-paterson-cuomo-poll-idUSTRE51N6ZQ20090224 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2009, Giuliani said he would not decide on a gubernatorial run for another six to eight months, adding that he thought it would not be fair to the governor to start campaigning early while the governor tries to focus on his job.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/13/giuliani-says-decision-on-governors-race-unlikely-before-summer/ |title=Giuliani says decision on governor's race unlikely before summer |last1=Steinhauser |first1=Paul |work=CNN |date=January 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126060254/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/13/giuliani-says-decision-on-governors-race-unlikely-before-summer/ |access-date=January 16, 2009|archive-date=January 26, 2009 }}</ref> Giuliani worked to retire his presidential campaign debt, but by the end of March 2009 it was still $2.4{{spaces}}million in arrears, the largest such remaining amount for any of the 2008 contenders.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/04/fec-debt-for-giuliani-dodd-clinton-021302 |title=FEC: Debt for Giuliani, Dodd, Clinton |last1=Vogel |first1=Kenneth P. |work=[[Politico]] |date=April 15, 2009 |access-date=April 21, 2009 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307040606/http://www.politico.com/story/2009/04/fec-debt-for-giuliani-dodd-clinton-021302 |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2009, Giuliani strongly opposed Paterson's announced push for [[same-sex marriage in New York]] and said it would likely cause a backlash that could put Republicans in statewide office in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/04/gay-rights-groups-angry-with-giuliani-021451 |title=Gay rights groups angry with Giuliani |date=April 20, 2009 |work=Politico |first=Kenneth P. |last=Vogel |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609113947/https://www.politico.com/story/2009/04/gay-rights-groups-angry-with-giuliani-021451 |url-status=live }}</ref> By late August 2009, there were still conflicting reports about whether Giuliani was likely to run.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/08/doubts-cast-on-giuliani-governor-bid-026435 |title=Doubts cast on Rudy Giuliani governor bid |last1=Isenstadt |first1=Alex |work=[[Politico]] |date=August 25, 2009 |access-date=August 25, 2009 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910040618/http://www.politico.com/story/2009/08/doubts-cast-on-giuliani-governor-bid-026435 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On December 23, 2009, Giuliani announced that he would not seek any office in 2010, saying "The main reason has to do with my two enterprises: Bracewell & Giuliani and Giuliani Partners. I'm very busy in both."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/nyregion/20rudy.html |work=The New York Times |title=Giuliani Said to Decide Against Run for Governor |first=Danny |last=Hakim |date=November 20, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2010 |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225073848/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/nyregion/20rudy.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Powell, Michael-2009" /> The decisions signaled a possible end to Giuliani's political career.<ref name="Powell, Michael-2009">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/nyregion/23rudy.html |title=Giuliani Says Farewell, for Now, to Politics |author=Powell, Michael |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 22, 2009 |access-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522184659/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/nyregion/23rudy.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Martin-2009">{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/12/giuliani-exits-national-stage-030920 |title=Rudy Giuliani exits national stage |last1=Martin |first1=Jonathan |last2=Smith |first2=Ben |newspaper=[[Politico]] |date=December 23, 2009 |access-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525110459/https://www.politico.com/story/2009/12/giuliani-exits-national-stage-030920 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the [[2010 United States elections|2010 midterm elections]], Giuliani endorsed and campaigned for [[Bob Ehrlich]] and [[Marco Rubio]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/giuliani-bloomberg-take-sides-in-md-race |url-status=live |title=Giuliani, Bloomberg take sides in Md. race |first=Hayley |last=Peterson |date=September 27, 2010 |work=Washington Examiner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220130029/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/giuliani-bloomberg-take-sides-in-md-race |access-date=20 December 2023 |archive-date=2023-12-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/02/giuliani-backs-rubio-over-crist-in-florida-contest/ |title=Giuliani backs Rubio over Crist in Florida contest |work=CNN |first=Peter |last=Hamby |date=April 2, 2010 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-date=October 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017220831/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/02/giuliani-backs-rubio-over-crist-in-florida-contest/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36180242 |title=Giuliani endorses Rubio for Senate seat in Fla. |work=NBC News |date=April 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220130509/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36180242 |access-date=20 December 2023 |archive-date=2023-12-20 |url-status=live |agency=[[Associated Press]] }}</ref>

On October 11, 2011, Giuliani announced that he was not running for president. According to Kevin Law, the director of the [[Long Island Association]], Giuliani believed that "As a moderate, he thought it was a pretty significant challenge. He said it's tough to be a moderate and succeed in GOP primaries," Giuliani said "If it's too late for (New Jersey Governor) [[Chris Christie]], it's too late for me."<ref>{{cite news |title=Giuliani not running for U.S. president in 2012 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-campaign-giuliani-idUSN1E79A1E420111011 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=October 11, 2011 |access-date=October 15, 2011 |archive-date=February 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216110446/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/11/usa-campaign-giuliani-idUSN1E79A1E420111011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

At a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] fund-raising event in February 2015, Giuliani said, "I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president Obama loves America," and "He doesn't love you. And he doesn't love me. He wasn't brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up, through love of this country."<ref name="Haberman-2015">{{cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |author1-link=Maggie Haberman |last2=Confessore |first2=Nicholas |author2-link=Nicholas Confessore |title=Giuliani: Obama Had a White Mother, So I'm Not a Racist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/02/19/giuliani-obama-had-a-white-mother-so-im-not-a-racist/ |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=February 25, 2015 |archive-date=February 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226014404/http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/02/19/giuliani-obama-had-a-white-mother-so-im-not-a-racist/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In response to criticism of the remarks, Giuliani said, "Some people thought it was racist{{snd}}I thought that was a joke, since he was brought up by a white mother{{spaces}}... This isn't racism. This is socialism or possibly anti-colonialism." White House deputy press secretary [[Eric Schultz]] said he agreed with Giuliani "that it was a horrible thing to say", but he would leave it up to the people who heard Giuliani directly to assess whether the remarks were appropriate for the event.<ref name="Haberman-2015" /> Although he received some support for his controversial comments, Giuliani said he also received several death threats within 48 hours.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/rudy-giuliani-says-hes-received-death-threats-over-obama-remarks-115384 |first1=Darren |last1=Samuelsohn |first2=Ben |last2=Schreckinger |date=February 21, 2015 |title=Giuliani says he's received death threats over Obama remarks |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730231010/http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/rudy-giuliani-says-hes-received-death-threats-over-obama-remarks-115384 |url-status=live }}</ref>