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New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani "will reorganize his presidential exploratory efforts over the next two weeks, expanding his national finance team and adding staff in early primary states to try to transform the New York-centric operation into a credible national campaign," reports the National Journal. Well, actually, Giuliani's political aides will handle the reorganization and transformation of the proto-campaign.

The Journal reports that Giuliani's backers "have run into resistance among major fundraisers and with activists in early primary states because these activists are not convinced that Giuliani actually intends to run." Giuliani lags behind Sen. John McCain and Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney in recruiting staff in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the first three caucus/primary states.