The Fakest Outrage

This is pretty funny. Michael Steele, who just got off accusing every Democrat in America of playing the race card for a week, goes ahead and... plays the race card:

Michael Steele said it was “curious” on why the White House would ask New York Gov. David Paterson (D) not to run for reelection in 2010.

“I found that to be stunning, that the White House would send word to one of only two black governors in the country not to run for reelection,” Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), said on CBS’s Face The Nation.

Indeed it is stunning, letting someone with a 20% approval rating know that he can't win.

I don't really want the President meddling in any of these state elections, at least not publicly. But these are obvious political decisions to set up the party well for an election year. Paterson isn't just polling badly, he's done 50 and 60 points to opponents. He's micro-polling.

And despite this supposed iron fist from the White House, Paterson is still running for Governor. And I'm sure he appreciates Michael Steele's endorsement. Will Steele apologize to Rudy Giuliani or whoever is running for Governor in New York State for breaking with the party and endorsing the black man for purely racial reasons?

Make My Day

It will be fun to have St. Rudy of 9/11 to kick around again.

Nineteen months after ending his disastrous run for the presidency, Rudolph W. Giuliani is clearing a path for a possible race for governor in 2010, believing public anger at an ineffectual Albany and unease over the economy could create ideal conditions for a Republican to reclaim the governor’s mansion.

Mr. Giuliani has told associates that he will decide on a candidacy within 30 to 60 days, as he weighs whether he can be elected statewide and what impact another campaign would have on his business interests.

He is already laying the groundwork. On Friday he traveled to Long Island to encourage the state Republican Party chairman, Joseph N. Mondello, to step aside, a maneuver that party insiders viewed as the former mayor’s most concrete step yet toward a run.

On Monday, Mr. Mondello announced his resignation, and Mr. Giuliani’s lieutenants were working the phones to drum up support for the replacement they prefer, the Niagara County Republican chairman, Henry F. Wojtaszek, a longtime supporter of Mr. Giuliani’s.

Giuliani revealed himself to not only be a bad candidate, but a national embarrassment, during his Presidential campaign. And the "Sex on the City" revelations, where state law enforcement personnel were walking his mistress' dog, would be sure to pop up again.

David Paterson has basically lost New York State, so the sad part of this is that Giuliani, despite being one of the most loathsome candidates in modern memory, would have a chance to beat the incumbent. But Andrew Cuomo would slay Rudy, and not break a sweat doing it. Hopefully this can get the Democratic leadership to push him into the race.