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Bloomberg Name Drops Giuliani in GOP Meeting
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Billy Parker
Published Feb 26, 2009
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When Mayor Bloomberg met with the NYC GOP chairs yesterday to court his way onto the Republican line in November, he apparently didn't hesitate to remind them of the goodwill shared between him and his predecessor, Rudy Giuliani. One of the Republican reps at the meeting told the Post, "He said he'd spoken to Rudy a while ago and said [Rudy] was thinking about [running for governor] but hadn't made up his mind yet." Bloomberg was also "very, very critical of Paterson" and thought "Rudy would beat Paterson." The source added, "He said he thinks if Paterson's the nominee, Giuliani would have to run." The Times makes it sound like the room got a little tense yesterday as the mayor tried to sell himself as a Republican and someone brought up his not so GOP-friendly congestion pricing plan. Bloomberg responded, “You can’t just be against everything. You have to propose new solutions.” One of the borough heads told them, “Nobody left feeling warm and fuzzy...He kind of sounded like a Republican."
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