Rudy Giuliani 2008 presidential campaign the Florida primary, Giuliani's campaign indicated he would withdraw from the race. On January 29, 2008, Giuliani exited the race and endorsed the eventual Republican nominee John McCain. Giuliani's public profile started to rise when he was appointed as the United States Associate Attorney General by President Ronald Reagan. He held the position from 1981 to 1983, when he was appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He held this post until 1989, when he resigned to run his first campaign for Mayor of New York City. He lost the race but won four years later,
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story is an American television film produced and broadcast in 2003 on the USA Network. The movie stars James Woods as former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, and depicts the life of Giuliani, focusing primarily on his mayoral career and response to the September 11 attacks. The film was based on the 2000 biography "Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudy Giuliani" by Wayne Barrett. It has been broadcast in several different countries. In a 2006 interview with "PARADE", Woods reported that Giuliani met with him after the network premiere and