Following his filing of a statement of candidacy, Mayor Giuliani tonight gave a wide-ranging interview to Sean Hannity on Fox News addressing a number of issues.
TRANSCRIPT:
HANNITY: I'm Sean Hannity. We get to our top story tonight. Earlier today former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani filed a statement of candidacy papers. Mayor Giuliani joins us for "Hannity & Colmes" exclusive. Congratulations or condolences?
GIULIANI: A little of both. Mostly congratulations. It's wonderful thing to be organizing and putting together and it's very humbling to think that running for President of the United States is-- for a kid from Brooklyn, it's quite a step.
HANNITY: You are then officially running to be the next president of the United States.
GIULIANI: Well. We still have to formally announce and do a few more things. But this is about as close as you get. We did everything you have to do I guess legally then you still have to make a formal announcement and things like that.
HANNITY: Are you in it to win it?
GIULANI: Gosh yeah. That's the only reason to do it. First thing you have to do is say to yourself what can I bring to it, what can I do that's different and how can i make the country better? How can I improve it? I think the experiences that I've had as mayor of New York city, United States Attorney, all of them very, very strongly kind of in the executive area where you have to have leadership and organization and focus and having dealt with a city that was really bad shape when I took over and I had to kind of turn around, I think it gives you the background to approach it and feel pretty comfortable that you can make a difference .
