プロ・ゲイのジュリアーニ前ＮＹ市長、米大統領選に向け始動

ジュリアーニ前ＮＹ市長、米大統領選に向け始動
2006.11.14
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ニューヨーク──２００８年の米大統領選挙に向けて、共和党のジュリアーニ前ニューヨーク市長（６２）は１０日、大統領検討委員会の設立をニューヨーク州当局に届け出た。同州の公文書で１３日明らかになった。

共和党でこれまでに大統領検討委員会の設立を表明したのは、カリフォルニア州のダンカン・ハンター米下院軍事委員長のみ。また、民主党ではアイオワ州のトム・ビルサック知事が９日、先陣を切って同様の委員会を設立した。

米連邦選挙関連法は、個人が大統領選出馬を正式に表明しなくても、連邦政府の資金調達規則を順守したうえで、各地で支持水準を見極めることを認めている。こうした予備調査のみに資金を利用する場合、候補者登録は不要。

ＣＮＮが１０月２７─２９日にオピニオン・リサーチに委託して行った世論調査によると、共和党支持者のうち、０８年大統領選で支持する可能性が極めて高い政治家が「ジュリアーニ氏」とする回答は２９％で首位。マケイン上院議員（２７％）、ギングリッチ前下院議長（１２％）が後を追っている。

ジュリアーニ氏、出馬へ始動　米次期大統領選
2006年11月14日12時42分

　２００１年の米同時テロ時の対応で高い評価を受けたルドルフ・ジュリアーニ前ニューヨーク市長（６２）は１３日までに、０８年の次期大統領選挙の資金集めを可能にする団体の設立をニューヨーク州当局に申請した。共和党の有力候補に挙げられるジュリアーニ氏が、出馬に向け始動したと受け止められている。（時事）


前ＮＹ市長、大統領選への一歩？　資金集めの組織を設立
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　【ニューヨーク＝長戸雅子】ルドルフ・ジュリアーニ前ニューヨーク市長が２００８年の米大統領選に向け一歩を踏み出した。ＡＰ通信は１３日、ジュリアーニ氏が選挙資金集めのための組織を設立するための書類を準備、大統領選出馬への布石と報じた。

　この組織は公式な出馬宣言をしなくとも、設立の申請者が大統領選に向けた資金集めや支持度合いの調査を行えるとしている。やはり出馬が有力視されている共和党のマケイン上院議員も米ＮＢＣテレビに同様の組織を設立する意向を明らかにしている。

　ジュリアーニ氏は２００１年の米中枢同時テロで強力なリーダーシップを発揮、「米国の市長」と呼ばれ、危機対応能力を高く評価された。全米レベルでの知名度と人気があり、中間選挙期間中も共和党候補応援のため全米各地を遊説した。

　ＣＮＮが１０月下旬に行った世論調査では共和党支持者と答えた約４００人の有権者のうち同党の次期大統領候補としてジュリアーニ氏を支持する人は２９％とトップで次点はマケイン氏の２７％だった。

(11/14 11:10)

ジュリアーニ氏が始動　０８年大統領選にらみ


　【ワシントン１３日共同】ＡＰ通信は１３日、２００８年米大統領選の共和党最有力候補の１人と目されるジュリアーニ前ニューヨーク市長が、選挙資金集めのための組織設置に必要な書類を準備、出馬へ向けて始動したと報じた。同党当局者の話として伝えた。

　前市長と並ぶ共和党有力候補とされるマケイン上院議員も１２日、ＮＢＣテレビの政治番組で、出馬の最終決定は下していないとしながらも、近く立候補をにらんだ組織を設立する意向を表明。中間選挙終了を受け今後、共和、民主両党の有力候補が出馬の動きを本格化させる見通しだ。

　一方、ワシントン・ポスト紙によると、民主党リベラル派の有力者、ファインゴールド上院議員は出馬しない方針を有権者に伝達した。

　米中枢同時テロ後に発揮した指導力が高い評価を受けたジュリアーニ氏は中間選挙期間中、共和党候補応援のため、マケイン氏と競うように全米各地を訪問した。選挙前のＣＮＮテレビの世論調査では、ジュリアーニ氏支持が２９％、マケイン氏支持は２７％とほぼ互角。

　次期大統領選をめぐっては、共和党保守派を代表するアレン上院議員の出馬も確実視されたが、中間選挙で惜敗、出馬は絶望的となっている。


The New York Times
November 13, 2006
Giuliani Takes First Step Toward Presidential Bid
By SEWELL CHAN

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, has taken the first step toward mounting a presidential candidacy, forming an organization on Friday to explore a White House run.

Mr. Giuliani stopped short of filing documents with the Federal Election Commission to create a presidential campaign committee, a step that Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa, a Democrat, has taken. Instead, he filed to form a nonprofit group in New York State. Other politicians, like Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, have said they planned to file.

“Mayor Giuliani has not made a decision yet,” John H. Gross, a lawyer at Proskauer Rose and a former campaign treasurer for Mr. Giuliani, said in a statement. “With the filing of this document, we have taken the necessary legal steps so an organization can be put in place and money can be raised to explore a possible presidential run in 2008.”

In another statement, Anthony V. Carbonetti, a former chief of staff to Mr. Giuliani, said, “Rudy has traveled the country campaigning tirelessly on behalf of Republican candidates and has had the opportunity to speak with Americans on a wide variety of issues. They have been encouraging him to run for president, and this filing affords him the opportunity to raise money and put together an organization to assist him in making his decision.”

As news of Mr. Giuliani’s action emerged today, some Democrats rushed to criticize him. “It’s unclear whether or not Rudy Giuliani will be able to just ‘explain away’ the fact that he’s consistently taken positions that are completely opposite to the conservative Republican base on issues they hold near and dear,” a spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee, Karen Finney, said in a statement.

Mr. Giuliani, who was mayor from 1993 to 2001, has expressed socially liberal views including support for gay rights and abortion rights. He has traveled widely in recent months, stumping for Republican candidates in Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, South Carolina and elsewhere. Several of those candidates lost in the midterm elections last week when the Democrats recaptured both houses of Congress.

On Sunday, after a speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Mr. Giuliani said he did not view the election as a rebuke to Republicans, but urged the party to commit itself to fiscal discipline and immigration reform.

Federal election law allows individuals exploring a candidacy to “test the waters” before deciding to run for federal office. The prospective candidate does not need to register with the commission, but must abide by the same contribution and spending limits as declared candidates.

The commission advises any individual doing such preliminary exploration to keep detailed financial records, because if the individual formally becomes a candidate, money raised and spent on “testing the waters” will be considered as contributions and expenditures under federal law.

Individuals who are “testing the waters” may pay for polling, phone calls, travel, political consultants, office space and stationery, among other things. But they may not raise more money than “reasonably required for exploratory activity,” use public advertising to publicize their intention to run, make statements that refer to themselves as candidates, or campaign for office.

“It’s likely that presidential candidates will have to raise at least $100 million by the end of 2007,” the chairman of the Federal Election Commission, Michael E. Toner, said in an interview. “Rudy Giuliani is clearly one of those candidates who can raise that amount of money.”

Once prospective presidential candidates file exploratory papers with the Federal Election Commission, they are required to file monthly fund-raising reports. Several aspirants intend to wait until at least January, so that their first fund-raising disclosure is not due until late February, giving them more time to raise money.

If Mr. Giuliani decides to run, he will be able to transfer money from his new organization, the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee, to his federal campaign committee.

In a four-page filing submitted on Friday to the New York State Department of State and obtained by The New York Times, the new organization was listed as a nonprofit corporation. Bobby R. Burchfield, a partner who handles corporate litigation at McDermott Will & Emery, a firm in Washington, filed the papers. Mr. Gross was listed as a director of the organization, along with Peter J. Powers, a former deputy mayor, and Dennison Young Jr., a former federal prosecutor who was Mr. Giuliani’s chief counsel.

Jeff Zeleny contributed reporting.