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Team Rudy Unveils Iowa Business Leaders Team

Team Rudy Unveils Iowa Business Leaders Team

Des Moines, IA – The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced the leadership team for Iowa Business Leaders for Rudy, led by Charese Yanney. Yanney is a partner at Guarantee Roofing, Siding and Insulation Company in Sioux City. The team will help spread Rudy’s commitment to cutting wasteful government spending, restoring fiscal discipline and cutting taxes.

“Rudy is the strongest fiscal conservative in the race,” said Paul Pate, Giuliani’s Iowa State Chairman. “He demonstrated real fiscal discipline as Mayor of New York City by restraining government spending and cutting taxes. Our country will benefit from his vision and leadership.”

During his eight years as Mayor of New York City, Giuliani helped stimulate the local economy by cutting taxes 23 times and turning a $2.3 billion deficit into a multi-billion dollar surplus.  As part of Rudy’s 12 Commitments to the American People, the Mayor pledges to restore fiscal discipline to Washington, while cutting wasteful spending and taxes.

Iowa Business Leaders for Rudy Leadership Team:

State Chair Charese Yanney, Guarantee Roofing, Siding and Insulation Company, Sioux City
Spence William Cox, West Des Moines Business Owner
Gene Galasso, GeJo’s Restaurant, Clear Lake
Patricia Galasso, GeJo’s Restaurant, Clear Lake
Carol Hensley, Duncan’s Café, Council Bluffs
James Stephenson, Factor Realty, Sioux City
Chad Umland, Ace Signs, Sioux City

Posted by Mike on August 24, 2007 | Permalink

Top Republican Media Talents Join Rudy Giuliani Campaign

Top Republican Media Talents Join Rudy Giuliani Campaign

New York City – The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced the campaign’s media team. This group of experienced media professionals includes Scott Howell and Company, Chris Mottola and Associates, BrabenderCox and Crossroads Media.

Heath Thompson of Scott Howell and Company will serve as the campaign’s Lead Creative Consultant. A tested political veteran of President George W. Bush’s 2000 and 2004 campaigns and numerous statewide campaigns, Thompson brings a blend of unrivaled political and media experience to Team Rudy.

“This team brings together diverse talents and years of invaluable media expertise to the campaign’s overall communications effort. I look forward to working with Heath and this team. All of these individuals are at the top of the field,” said Brent Seaborn, Giuliani’s Director of Strategy.

Scott Howell and Company, one of the most successful Republican media firms in the nation, has a 15 year record of success with clients that include President George W. Bush, the Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Governor’s Association and Senators John Thune, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, Saxby Chambliss, and Kay Bailey Hutchison. 

The BrabenderCox team has helped elect Republican Senators, Governors, and Congressmen all over the nation. Chris Mottola and Associates is a nationally recognized media firm that played a key role in President Bush’s elections, while Crossroads Media is a premier Republican media services firm specializing in advertising strategy and placement for political candidates.

Giuliani’s Senior Advisor Chris Henick added, “This group will be instrumental in communicating Mayor Giuliani’s strong leadership, proven record as an experienced executive and optimistic vision to Americans. We are fortunate to have such campaign-tested individuals and look forward to growing our already strong media team.”

About the Giuliani Media Team:

Heath Thompson
Thompson directed Bush’s historic win in the South Carolina Republican Primary in 2000. He worked on local political races in South Carolina during the 1990s. He served as a consultant on U.S. Senator Norm Coleman’s victory in Minnesota in 2002.

Scott Howell
Howell was a member of the successful Bush/Cheney media team in 2004.

Chris Mottola
Mottola of Chris Mottola and Associates is a nationally recognized media consultant who has produced and directed nationally award-winning commercials.

John A. Brabender
Brabender is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of BrabenderCox, a national Republican media firm. 

Patti Heck
Heck is the President of Crossroads Media, a premier Republican media services firm specializing in advertising strategy and placement for political candidates.

Posted by Mike on August 23, 2007 | Permalink

South Carolina Business Leaders Join Team Rudy

South Carolina Business Leaders Join Team Rudy

Columbia, SC – The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced the leadership team for South Carolina Business Leaders for Rudy. These businessmen and women from across the state will help promote Rudy’s commitment to cutting wasteful government spending, restoring fiscal discipline and cutting taxes.

“These business leaders are supporting Rudy because they know he is a strong fiscal conservative who will encourage economic growth,” said Barry Wynn, Giuliani’s South Carolina State Chairman and CEO of the Colonial Group in Spartanburg. “His commitment to looking after American taxpayers is backed up by his remarkable fiscal record as Mayor of New York City.”

During his eight years as the Mayor of New York City, Giuliani helped stimulate the local economy by cutting taxes 23 times and turning a $2.3 billion deficit into a multi-billion dollar surplus.  As part of Rudy’s 12 Commitments to the American People, Mayor Giuliani pledges to restore fiscal discipline to Washington, while cutting wasteful spending and taxes.

South Carolina Business Leaders for Rudy Leadership Team:

Tim Cantrell - CTMI, Spartanburg
John Cattano - Value Place Hotels, Columbia
Coker Day - Daybreak Adult Care services, Aiken
Jason Edens - Edens Equipment Sales, Columbia
Daniel Lawrence - Dan Lawrence, AIA, Gaffney
Mark Lazarus - Wild Water Water Park, Myrtle Beach                                             
William Milner - CARElina Homecare, Charleston
O'Neal Mintz - Mintz Scap Metal, Chesnee
Thomas Parsell - Hospitality Management Corporation, Charleston
Evelyn Reis Perry - Carolina Sound Communications, Charleston
William Somers - Deck Pro, INC, Beaufort

Posted by Mike on August 23, 2007 | Permalink

Giuliani Unveils Virginia Leadership Team

Giuliani Unveils Virginia Leadership Team

New York City –The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced Rudy’s Virginia Leadership Team led by former Attorney General Jerry Kilgore, who was previously announced as the campaign’s State Chair.

Joining Team Rudy as State Co-Chairs are State Senator Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, State Delegate Terrie Suit, State Senator Frank Wagner and former Attorney General Richard Cullen and six regional chairs.

“Rudy is the candidate with the proven record as the real fiscal conservative and Virginians support his vision for our country,” said State Chair Kilgore.

“We are glad to have these respected Virginians join our efforts in the state," said Mark Campbell, Giuliani’s National Political Director. “They understand Rudy’s strong leadership is what we need in our next President.”

About Virginia Leadership Team:

Jerry Kilgore, State Chair
Richard Cullen, State Co-Chair
State Senator Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, State Co-Chair
State Delegate Terrie Suit, State Co-Chair
State Senator Frank Wagner, State Co-Chair
Theodore Brown, Central Virginia Chair
Theadore Darby, Roanoke and Shenandoah Valleys Chair
Catherine France, Tidewater Virginia Chair
Michael Lowe, Eastern Virginia Chair
Israel O’Quinn, Southwest Virginia Chair
Robert Schwartz, Southside Virginia Chair
Michelle Presson, Northern Virginia Co-Chair
Joseph Underwood, Northern Virginia Co-Chair
Carrie Cantrell, Communications Chair
Rachelle Gruenberg, Deputy Communications Chair
Robert Dyer, Coalitions Chair
James Maxwell, Petitions Chair

Posted by Mike on August 22, 2007 | Permalink

Giuliani Campaign Announces Iowa Field Directors

Giuliani Campaign Announces Iowa Field Directors

The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee announced today seven regional field directors to organize campaign operations in communities across Iowa. The Giuliani campaign has also named Bruceanne Phillips as Iowa Coalitions Director and Jarrod Agen as Iowa Communications Director.

The campaign staff will work closely with Iowa Executive Director K.C. Jones, who manages the day-to-day campaign operations throughout the state, and Iowa Political Director Tony Delgado, who has been on the ground in Iowa for months building grassroots support and a volunteer base.

“Rudy Giuliani is the best Republican candidate to defeat the Democrats in the general election. Rudy is building a campaign staff in Iowa focused on winning the Caucuses in January,” said Giuliani’s Iowa Chairman Paul Pate.

Iowa Regional Field Directors
Nicole Barrett, Southwest Iowa Field Director
Michael Carpenter, Northwest Iowa Field Director
Jeff Daker, East Central Iowa Field Director
James Garcia, Jr., Northeast Iowa Field Director
Alex Gehring, North Central Iowa Field Director
Tracie Gibler, Southeast Iowa Field Director
Brenna Wieker, Central Iowa Field Director

Posted by Mike on August 20, 2007 | Permalink

Former U.S. Senator Joins Giuliani’s Wisconsin Team

Former U.S. Senator Joins Giuliani’s Wisconsin Team Robert W. Kasten, Jr. To Serve As State Chair

New York City – The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee announced today that former Wisconsin U.S. Senator Robert Walter Kasten, Jr. will serve as the campaign’s Wisconsin State Chairman.

“Mayor Giuliani has a record of solving tough problems and showing strong leadership that will really resonate with Wisconsinites,” said Kasten. “I am proud to join Rudy’s team in this capacity and lead the efforts in our state to help promote his 12 Commitments to the American People.”

Giuliani’s Deputy Political Director Rick Wiley, the former Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said Kasten will be a powerful addition to Rudy’s Wisconsin efforts. “There is no one better than Senator Kasten to help spread the Mayor’s positive vision for our country in Wisconsin and continue his already strong support in the state,” Wiley said.

Kasten was previously announced as a senior member on Mayor Giuliani’s Foreign Policy Advisory Board and will continue to serve in that capacity.

About U.S. Senator Bob Kasten:

Senator Kasten represented Wisconsin, serving as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a U.S. Senator from 1981 to 1993, where he was an outspoken conservative.

Kasten served as delegate to the United Nations General Assembly during his first term in the U.S. Senate. He served as Chairman of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee and also served on the Appropriation’s Defense Subcommittee.

Prior to serving in Congress, Kasten served in the Wisconsin State Senate and in the Wisconsin Air National Guard. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Arizona and received a graduate degree from the Columbia Business School.

Posted by Mike on August 16, 2007 | Permalink

Rudy Giuliani Campaign Launches Radio Ads In South Carolina

Rudy Giuliani Campaign Launches Radio Ads in South Carolina

New York City - The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced it will launch two radio ads in South Carolina on Thursday entitled, “Out of Control” and “Fence.”    

“Out of Control” focuses on Rudy Giuliani’s accomplishments as Mayor of New York City including reducing crime and cutting the welfare rolls.  “Fence” highlights one of Giuliani’s 12 Commitments to the American People which calls for ending illegal immigration, securing our borders, and identifying every non-citizen in our nation. 

“Rudy Giuliani enjoys strong and growing support throughout South Carolina,” said Director of Strategy Brent Seaborn.  “The launch of these two ads is an expansion of our radio campaign, as we continue to spread Rudy Giuliani’s positive, forward-looking message across the country.” 

Scripts and audio links are below.

Script for “Out of Control” (Radio 60 seconds): 

AUDIO LINK

GIULIANI:         Every promise I made running as Mayor of New York City they said couldn’t be done… said I couldn’t cut crime… New York City was the crime capital of America… can’t be done.

VOICE OVER:  Under Rudy Giuliani’s leadership crime in New York City dropped 56%.

GIULIANI          New York City was the welfare capital of America… 1.1 million people on welfare. You can’t cut welfare… can’t be done.

VOICE OVER:   Welfare rolls went down by a staggering 58%.

GIULIANI:         They said we couldn’t reduce taxes in New York. They said you couldn’t get control of spending.  That’s impossible.

VOICE OVER:   Rudy Giuliani turned a 2.3 billion dollar deficit into a multi-billion dollar surplus and cut or eliminated 23 taxes.

GIULIANI:         My focus when I ran for Mayor of New York City was on the future, and it will be in this campaign. Leadership is about what we can do, what we can accomplish, never taking “No” for an answer. This is all about how America can grow, how America can get stronger, how America can be the country that realizes all the potential that we know we have.

VOICE OVER:   Paid for by Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee Incorporated.

Visit joinrudy2008.com

GIULIANI: I’m Rudy Giuliani and I approve this message

Script for “Fence” (Radio 60 seconds): 

AUDIO LINK

Voice Over: “Here’s Rudy Giuliani”

Mayor Giuliani:  “It frustrates me that if someone comes here illegally, in addition to everything else that’s involved in that, if they commit a crime, we don’t throw them out of the country.  As the mayor of New York I wanted to see if I could get the Immigration Service to help me. Let’s see if you could get rid of the drug dealers who are coming out of jail. It makes no sense – after they have been in jail for selling drugs in the United States – we now have to keep them in the United States. They couldn’t do it because they had other people lined up to throw out. They had like a professor who over-stayed his visa. I had a drug dealer who had maybe killed people. A person who comes here illegally and commits a crime should be thrown out of the country. People that come in illegally we gotta stop. You stop illegal immigration by building a fence, a physical fence and then a technological fence.  You then hire enough Border Patrol so they can respond in a timely way. And then, if anybody becomes a citizen, we should make certain that they can read English, write English and speak English, because this is an English speaking country.” 

Voice Over: “Paid for by Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee Incorporated. Visit joinrudy2008.com.”

Mayor Giuliani:  “I’m Rudy Giuliani and I approve this message.”

Posted by Mike on August 16, 2007 | Permalink

Giuliani Announces North Dakota State Chairman

Giuliani Announces North Dakota State Chairman Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer Opens State Campaign Headquarters 

New York City – The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced the endorsement of North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer, who will serve as the campaign’s North Dakota State Chairman.  Cramer was also on hand to help open Rudy’s North Dakota campaign headquarters in Fargo earlier today.  

“Rudy’s strong leadership and record as a problem solver resonates with North Dakotans,” said Commissioner Cramer. “I am proud to join the growing team of supporters in our state and help promote Rudy’s 12 Commitments to the American People.”

“Commissioner Cramer’s endorsement demonstrates our strong support in North Dakota,” said Giuliani’s National Political Director Mark Campbell. “He is a great addition to our efforts and will help us strengthen our team.” 

The announcement of Cramer as North Dakota State Chairman follows the recent endorsements of Bismarck Mayor John Warford and fellow State Public Service Commissioner Susan Wefald. 

Posted by Mike on August 10, 2007 | Permalink

Rudy Giuliani Mason City Iowa Video

Posted by Mike on August 08, 2007 | Permalink

Rudy Giuliani Mason City Iowa Photos

Rudy Giuliani Masn City, Iowa

Rudy Giuliani Mason City Photo

Rudy Giuiliani Mason City, Iowa

Posted by Mike on August 06, 2007 | Permalink

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