As a Republican, as a military man, as a deployed troop in Iraq, I can say that I am not altogether comfortable with Giuliani.

I don't feel like he has the fiscal discipline or the moral certitude to lead this country. Yeah, he's a man's man, burly, aggressive, take-no-prisoners, but we've had that with President Bush for the past 8 years. It was nice to have that, for a change from Clinton's prissy primadonna act, but I'm ready for a reasonable, thoughtful, insightful President. I don't want a candidate who is running on his 9/11 street cred. I want a man who is running on principle, with clear goals, and unwilling to compromise on conservative principles.

I like that Rudy is a "fiscal conservative and social liberal," as I am, but I don't really buy that line.

I haven't seen a politician I could truly vote for in years. Sadly, Barack Obama is the closest thing I've seen yet. He's principled, at least, and quite obviously a talented diplomat and "very articulate" (lol).

We'll see how this shakes out but I think most of the country is ready for a change.

Funny Story, Rudy did enter seminary after high school in "Rudy". only entered Manhattan when no other school would admit him.was never proud of this and news stories attached him to upscale Fordham especially law school{but he attended NYU}

He loves his relatives so much he married his cousin for 14 years. So listed in Manhattan College Alumni directory(Regina Peruggi)1985.annulled RC Church Later followed by Donna Hanover{her first husband's name } Sued her and 2 kids with Raoul Felder hurling insults and denying affairs with staff and cigar bar pickups{Judy Nathan her second husbands' name} {Colorful and worthy of a docudrama.} The Manhattan Institute{ no relation to the college] gave him a step up after a failed mayoral attempt.

Love the Drag outfits on Sat night live and Inner Circle as we know where he is coming from, Bunker in World Trade did not work well and lost lives and no air protection for NYC and the beat goes on.Give me a break!Too confusing and even though W has confounded all where will all this lead?

...tell me, all, does the fact that this man is discussed as a serious Presidential candidate confirm that our political system in broken?

I'm having real trouble coming up with a single President in our history who was like this dude. Maybe some of them had some of his qualities, but I have to wonder if any of them were quite as whacked, or as apparently dangerous, as Rudy.

Can someone come up with a President like Rudy out of our history? He seems more like the sort of guy who would have risen to the top in the Balkans, or Africa...no joke. I think the guy is very, very dangerous and I sure hope Rahm Emmanuel, or Dean, or someone, is thinking about how to take him apart in the general. Nothing like starting early on important projects, ya know.

Any GOP nominee is gonna be some kind of nut, it seems. But Giuliani? He is an extraordinary kind of nut.

Though founded by a frenchman, the Christian Brothers of Bishop Loughlin HS are very much an American order ... same guys who run the winery, BTW.

The day Generalissimo Giuliani is elected will be the day I give up on this miserable excuse of a country. This article should be required reading for America's ill-informed, ignorant electorate, many of whom believe that there was a link between Iraq and 9/11 and that we found WMDs in Iraq. Otherwise, they might fall for Rudy's neofascist posturings the way a lot of gullible New Yorkers did. That last little anecdote is verrrrrry telling.

Actually, this excerpt makes me more curious about Peter Powers and Jim Farrell (rather than about Giuliani), and why there became a Giuliani-Powers team rather than a Farrell-Powers team. Maybe it's got something to do with leavening....

and it means tightly controlled.

There are two reasons he'll probably wind up the Republican candidate. First, he's the only nationally-known name, although what he's known for is a disaster. Curiously, he seems to have gotten more out of September 11 than George Bush.

Second, the RNC seems to be defending him against an early attack. Michael Moore's movie Sicko involves Moore taking some of the first responders, suffering from the lung diseases that Giuliani denied would occur, to Cuba for treatment. Why on earth would the Republicans seek to prosecute Moore for this so-called treason, especially when it would help publicize Moore's movie? Because it hits at the fiction that Giuliani was a heroic figure during September 11, his biggest claim to the Presidency.

Unlike the Democrats, the Republican National Committee picks their candidate early, and the primaries are just window dressing. The only standout candidate among all the Ronald Reagan wannabe's at the debate was Giuliani. Unless the Re-Animator has been hired by the RNC to bring a zombiefied Reagan to the convention, it'll be Giuliani, even with all his baggage. What the hell, they've already hacked the voting machines anyway.