Giuliani Rallies Supporters at his State Headquarters

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Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, appearing before campaign supporters Tuesday in Glendale, used his moderate brand on issues like abortion rights and immigration to appeal to California Republicans and deflect recent political shots from his GOP presidential rivals reports the Los Angeles Times.

Giuliani’s visit to Southern California came as the National Right to Life Committee announced that it was endorsing former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), who ranks second in national polls on the GOP race. The committee said he was the candidate with the best chance of beating Giuliani, who supports abortion rights.

As that was announced, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — who will be campaigning in Southern California this week — accused Giuliani of coddling illegal immigrants while he was mayor.

Giuliani appeared unfazed. As Romney, Thompson and the other GOP candidates try to build momentum for the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, and with socially conservative voters in the Midwest and South, Giuliani has zeroed in on California, New York and other big states — where his moderate stances on social issues and his anti-tax agenda have received a warmer reception.

“I expect to win the Republican nomination, but believe it or not, I don’t expect to win every vote,” Giuliani told reporters after learning of the antiabortion group’s endorsement of Thompson. “I’m going to be myself. I’m going to do the best that I can to explain to the American people what I believe, and then I am very comfortable with their judgment as to whether or not they think that’s enough, or they don’t.”

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Chris Sharp
Chris Sharp Says: November 14th, 2007 at 9:34 am It’s inaccurate to say Giuliani “supports abortion rights.” He tolerates abortion rights because it is the present law. In fact Giuliani says he will nominate Supreme Court justices with the non-political attitudes of Roberts and Alito, who feel they are bound by law to examine the possible rights of the unborn as part of a total equation for a fair national policy. Carefully read what Giuilani as a lawyer writes in his abortion link in his JoinRudy2008 website. As for Thompson, after he retired as Senator of Tennessee, he became one of the most prominient Washinton lobbyists for the pro-abortion cause and is using some money from his old pro-abortion clients for his present presidential campaign. However, Thompson is using his actor’s bombast to attract the least intelligent Republicans now, one of whom has said to me, “He just looks like he would come down real hard on abortion.”