…When, spurred on by some lousy poll numbers for Rudy in Florida, she writes this in today’s New York Times:
Those of us who live in New York found it rather peculiar that Giuliani was a front-runner at all, given his deeply mixed record running the city. Now, the idea that Florida might take him out of the race is somewhat disappointing. There’s still so much about him we haven’t yet had a chance to share with the national electorate. Did we ever mention the time he tried to stop the city elections because he didn’t think that New York could get along without him?
(She’s referencing, of course, Giuliani’s effort to postpone mayoral elections after the World Trade Center attacks, so that he could continue to be mayor. Luckily, the candidates wouldn’t stand for it. But if you thought Bush had shamefully little respect for the rule of law and basic democratic principles, you’d be pretty horrified by Rudy.)
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