Giuliani: I'll Decide on Hillary Race in November

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said this week that he hasn't ruled out challenging New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2006, but won't make a final decision till after this year's presidential election.

Asked about a report in the Los Angeles Times that he'd already decided to run against Clinton, Giuliani told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes": "That is not correct. I haven't made any decision at all about 2005, much less 2006."

But the popular Republican expressly refused to rule out taking Hillary on, telling Sean Hannity: "I'm not going to think about it until after the presidential elections. ... I've got plenty of time to make a decision on, you know, do I want to run again, what do I want to run for? Senator, governor – who knows?"

The next day, Giuliani reiterated his position on Hannity's radio show after the host said he would be relentless in trying to persuade him to jump into the race and pledged to raise $5 million for his campaign.

"I'm not going to relent until you say yes, I'm warning you ahead of time," Hannity said. "I think you are the only person who can beat her."

"I'm going to get you off the subject by saying I'm looking forward to your book," Giuliani replied, referring to the upcoming release of Hannity's second book, "Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism and Liberalism."

A Quinnipiac University poll taken last October showed Giuliani beating Clinton in New York by a whopping 17 points. Excluding New York City, Giuliani's margin of victory jumped to 30 points, Quinnipiac said.

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