Giuliani maybe America's mayor but that is all he'll ever be.....................mayor.
To me he doesn't have the "presence", nor the political stances, on issues I view as important.
As for us "GOP types" blindly shuffling off to the polls to vote for Rudy, I think there some confusion. What party is William Jefferson from? You know the guy with $90,000 grand "cooling in his freezer". He was re-elected. John "I'm not interested in the money....at this time" Murtha a D behind him too. Dan Rostenkowski, Democrat. Good ole Ted "when I returned Mary Jo and the car were gone" Kennedy. Just to name a few.
I'm not saying that there are no Republicans that haven't used political pull to get out of legal jams, but its hardly a GOP only issue.
The area I live in has been in the control of Dems for so long, that in many local elections Repulicans don't even field a candidate. What do we have to show for it? Increased taxes, a shrinking tax base. All because the electorate has the "Democrats are for the little guy" attitude. Or "My dad would roll over in his grave if I voted for a Republican". Well guys your dads dead! No-one is for the little guy, but the little guy.
If you keep voting the same you'll get the same results.