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19 October 2007
According to a story in the StarTribune;The former New York City mayor strode across the street from a fundraising breakfast at the Minneapolis Club to Peter's Grill, where several hundred fans whooped and cheered for him.As he did six weeks ago during a similar campaign stop at a St. Paul cafe, Giuliani stressed his electability and said he's the only GOP candidate who can successfully wage a 50-state campaign.
"I won't turn my back on half of the country," he said, while referring to his rivals: "tactically, they have to do that."
Referring to the National Republican Convention set for St. Paul next September, he said he hopes to emerge from it as the party's nominee "and work hard to see if we can put Minnesota back in the Republican column, where it belongs."Giuliani, who is leading the other Republican candidates in Minnesota in both the polls and fundraising, picked up the endorsement this morning of Hennepin County Sheriff Rick Stanek, a former Republican state legislator.
"I've spent considerable time in the past few months with him and known him for years," Stanek said. "He's a proven leader, which is undeniable. I like his vision for a safer country, a safer community and safer infrastructure." Giuliani returned the compliment, praising Stanek's leadership in the aftermath of the Interstate Hwy. 35W bridge collapse.
What can I say? I'm impressed.
Rich
Stanek is a law enforcer and an effective one at that. Naturally, the
relationship that we see between Sheriff Rich Stanek and Mayor Rudy
Giuliani, is a metro law enforcement relationship. Hizzoner Rudy built
his credibility as a municipal leader when he served as a prosecuting
attorney for the City of New York as a very aggressive, anti-crime
attorney.
According to
Any sheriff of any county would prefer to have a boss in the head office of Rudy Giuliani's stripes so that he can get his job done. Stanek's endorsement for Giuliani's presidency is a natural choice.
According to
For Giuliani, the revival of New York started with securing public safety, because all other agendas were useless if citizens didnt feel protected. The most fundamental of civil rights is the guarantee that government can give you a reasonable degree of safety, Giuliani said. He aimed to do so by reinstituting respect for the law. As a federal prosecutor in New York in the 1980s, he had vigorously hunted low-level drug dealerswhom other law enforcement agencies ignoredbecause he thought that the brazen selling of drugs on street corners cultivated disrespect for the law and encouraged criminality. You have to . . . dispel cynicism about law enforcement by showing we treat everyone alike, whether you are a major criminal or a low-level drug pusher, Giuliani explained.
Any sheriff of any county would prefer to have a boss in the head office of Rudy Giuliani's stripes so that he can get his job done. Stanek's endorsement for Giuliani's presidency is a natural choice.
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