Giuliani: A Huge Lead: Hilliary's Hit Squad Savoring

The fascination with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid continues. Originally counted out by many as too flawed to win the Republican nomination, he is currently enjoying a huge lead over top rivals. It will be very interesting to see how it plays out over the next year.

ON THEIR SIDE: WHY SO MANY RIGHTIES ARE ROOTING FOR RUDY
By John Podhoretz, The New York Post

February 27, 2007 -- IT is nearly impossible for the chattering classes - on all sides of the political divide - to comprehend the heat being generated by Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid.
The fallback explanation is just to say "9/11" and be done with it. After all, how else can you explain a man with Giuliani's supposedly liberal social views possibly rise as high as he has - besting John McCain among Republicans by as many as 22 points in one poll?

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