Rudy Will Announce Candidacy in California on Saturday.

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Rudy Will Announce Candidacy in California on Saturday.

By Dave Hinz - Publisher
2/05/07

Although Rudy Giuliani filed amended paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on Monday, removing the words “testing the waters,” and filing a “Statement of Candidacy,” he will not formally announce his intention to run for President until a luncheon speech to the California Republican Party State Convention this coming Saturday in Sacramento, The Hinzsight Report has learned.

When asked Monday, by Sean Hannity if the filing meant that he was
now running for President, Giuliani said, “Without a formalannouncement this is as close as you can get. I still have tomake a formal announcement…”According to a source close to the NY campaign, this formal announcement will be delivered at that luncheon in California.

The Hinzsight Report has learned some details about the Giuliani campaign strategy. Giuliani will have only three dedicated fund-raising offices; New York, Washington, DC, and California. He expects to raise 100 Million this year alone at 250 different engagements.

The Hinzsight Report first broke the story last week, that Giuliani is presently sending operatives to all 50 states to begin the work of securing his name on the primary ballots. This revelation was followed Tuesday with the revision of his FEC paperwork.

A number of large states, including California, have indicated a willingness to move their state primaries to January, giving them more influence in the primary process. Traditionally the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary have jump-started the National election season. Actions by several major states threaten to change that.

“Iowa and New Hampshire will skip ahead into this year, if necessary, in order to be first,” according to Carl Cameron of Fox News, “even if it means caucuses at Christmas.”

Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York, has received high marks from the public, stemming from the leadership he displayed following 9/11. He has just returned from speaking engagements in New Hampshire and South Carolina, both early primary states.

But, California will be pivotal in any election bid, a fact not lost on the candidate. A former prosecuting attorney, who made his reputation as a crime fighter, he turned New York City around by cutting taxes, reforming welfare and education and, fighting crime.

He contemplated a run for the US Senate from New York, running against Hillary Clinton in 2000. He was forced however, to withdraw when he was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. It was 9/11 however that thrust him into the National Limelight.

The New York Daily News reports that Giuliani has arrayed a formidable campaign team. “Joining Team Giuliani will be Home Depot founder Ken Langone, hedge fund manager Paul Singer and Texas oilman Boone Pickens.

Team member Paul Singer is a discreet hedge-fund tycoon who has been described as the Republican George Soros, a donor to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, and a prominent backer of an anti-affirmative action campaign in Michigan, according to campaign finance and press reports.”

According to the Daily News, “Paramount CEO Brad Grey, former Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, PepsiCo chief Dawn Hudson and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein,” are all leaning toward Giuliani, but are at this time, uncommitted.