Romney likely to back Giuliani rival for N.Y. governor

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WASHINGTON -- Rudy Giuliani is still deciding whether he wants to run for New York governor next year, but Mitt Romney is already backing the man he once dressed up as the former New York City mayor in a debate rehearsal.

On Oct. 21, Romney plans to host a New York City fundraiser for Rick Lazio, a former Long Island congressman who announced his candidacy for governor last week. Lazio helped raise money for Romney’s 2008 presidential effort and played Giuliani in one of Romney’s debate-prep sessions during the GOP primaries.

“It’s a private fundraiser and it’s not a public endorsement event,” said Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom. “But stay tuned.”

The former Massachusetts governor is active in helping fellow Republicans as he continues to lay the groundwork for a possible repeat bid for the presidency in 2012. Wednesday night, the 2008 GOP nominee, Senator John McCain, put his name on a fund-raiser for Romney in Phoenix.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/10/romney_likely_t.html

[whistler162]

1. It is October 2nd not April 1st!

[saltpoint]

2. Darn you New Yorkers, anyway. You always have top-drawer

threshold interest in politics.

Some of the rest of us are kinda jealous.

This gubernatorial scene in the Empire State is interesting already and it's hardly even started.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Drama! Drama!