Rudy Runs!

First, John McCain filed for an exploratory committee for a presidential run. Now, Rudy Giuliani is throwing his hat into the ring. This should be a shock to no one, as Rudy is the logical anti-McCain. A liberal Republican with impeccable 9/11 credentials with no fingerprints on the Iraq War.

The former mayor filed papers to create the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee, Inc., establishing a New York-based panel that would allow him to raise money to explore a White House run and travel the country.
The four-page filing, obtained by The Associated Press, lists the purpose of the non-profit corporation "to conduct federal 'testing the waters' activity under the Federal Election Campaign Act for Rudy Giuliani."
The paperwork, dated last Friday, is signed by Bobby Burchfield, a partner at the DC-based law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, a firm that handles political work.

I am glad Rudy is running, but I must say again that I hope he is not the nominee. His pro-choice stand on abortion would make it impossible for me to vote for him. If he is the one, I will be voting for a third-party candidate in 2008.