Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani held meetings with two Republican heavyweights in New York Wednesday in an attempt to gauge support ahead of a potential 2012 campaign.
Giuliani, 67, held separate meetings with two allies — Texas Gov. Rick Perry and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in Manhattan.
Perry, who was in town to meet with The Wall Street journal editorial board and address a GOP fundraiser in Manhattan Monday night, met Giuliani for breakfast Wednesday morning while Christie had a lunch meeting with the former mayor.
According to MSNBC, the meeting with Christie came at Giuliani’s request as he seeks to sound out the popular governor’s advice on a potential 2012 run.
All three men have been mentioned as potential 2012 candidates. Christie has been urged to run repeatedly by conservative activists despite ruling out a run numerous times, while the three-term Texas governor — who endorsed Giuliani during the 2008 campaign — is openly contemplating jumping into the race.
Despite high name-recognition as the mayor of New York during the 9/11 attacks and some visits to the early primary state of New Hampshire, Giuliani has yet to hire any staff or invest in any serious campaign infrastructure this time round.