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The more Chris Christie flirts with a presidential race, the worse the whole idea looks. Reports that the New Jersey governor is seriously -- seriously -- considering a run come from a political brain trust that appears to be made up mainly of the folks who ran Rudy Giuliani's campaign four years ago. Does anybody remember the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign? It was one of the most dismal flops in recent political history.
The current pack of GOP hopefuls mainly consists of a bunch of under-qualified loons, led by cracked Tea Pot queen Michele Bachmann.
No question about it that 9/11 was an atrocious horror and the first responders were heroes. But what happened after 9/11 was perhaps a greater horr...
Ten years later, the terror has become a low-grade, chronic fear that New Yorkers live with. Fear has made normally cynical New Yorkers more accepting of authority, especially law enforcement authority.
Joe Biden famously said of Rudy Giuliani, "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence -- a noun, a verb, and 9/11. There's nothing else! There's nothing else!" Great line. But this is not a day to talk about Joe Biden or Rudy Giuliani.
Ten years later, it's easier to acknowledge where we fell short. We're wiser -- in some ways But wen we retell the story of 9/11, we generally gloss over the fact that some of the first responders who died might have lived.
NEW YORK - Manhattan resident Stephen Albtraum recalls the grim spectacle as if it were yesterday. "It was a couple of months after 9/11, and on TV ...
Listening to the former N.Y. mayor yammer on about the president (always wrong) and the candidates for the GOP nomination (all great), it did feel like the next stop was Donald Trump and reality TV.
Almost a full month ago, I placed four names in the "Frontrunners" category: Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney. This list hasn't changed at all.
The operator of the nuke plant is in talks to hire Giuliani to lead an ad campaign to keep the the facility open. Two questions come to mind: How do you feel about having a nuclear power plant only 27 miles from New York City? Would you feel any better about it if Rudy Giuliani told you it was okay?
Despite his insistence to the contrary, I believe New Jersey Gov. Chris Chris is certain to enter the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Anyone who thought New York's role in the GOP presidential race ended with the termination of Trump's phony-baloney candidacy was obviously wrong.
The cast of GOP presidential candidates -- now there's a horror -- has led Congressman Peter King to suggest that Giuliani needs to enter the race. Wow. It's enough to make you want to take another look at Donald Trump.
At this point, there are only a few holdouts left on the sidelines, as most of the bigwigs (and some decidedly "smallwigs") have made their intentions known.
One can only wonder how much Rudy Giuliani is collecting to intervene in Peruvian politics and where that money came from.
Because I'm trying to include simply everybody, this will necessarily have to be a very wide (and not very deep) look at all the possible candidates.
