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...Democratic President and his fellow Democrats. The failure of Clinton's health care plan in 1995 and the subsequent GOP conquest of Capitol Hill in the mid-term elections seemed to verify this trend. But, it was also predicted that the victories of the moderate Rudolph Giuliani and Christine Todd Whitman would spur a rush back to the center for the Republican Party after their 1992 losses under the conservative banner. (If the infamous House Republicans and the '96 GOP Presidential candidates are any guide, this was certainly not the case...
...begin, here's a new flash: Tuesday was a very good day for Republicans. In heavily-Democratic New York City, Giuliani became the first Republican since Fiorello LaGuardia in 1937 to be re-elected mayor. Newcomer Vito Fossella's victory continued the GOP's hold on Molinari's seat (held by her father before her). Jim Gilmore maintained the Virginia Gubernatorial seat for Republicans with a 16-point victory over his Democratic rival. And, national GOP star Whitman managed to eke out a narrow and remain as New Jersey Governor for another four years...
...Giuliani, the tough-as-nails prosecutor who rose to prominence by busting mafiosos, fits right in. Messinger, with no personality that I am aware of, does...
...Giuliani is a Yankee fan, and makes the issue of whether the team moves to New Jersey central to his politics. He is symbolic of the link between sports and politics in New York much more so than someone like Ed Koch, for whom the extent of their mayoral duty vis-a-vis sports was a guest appearance in the first inning of the annual Yankees-Mets Mayor's Trophy game...
...those of you for whom it matters, when you cast your vote in the election today and have weighed Messinger's apparent genuine compassion against Giuliani's penchant for unqualified results, if good versus evil does not influence your voting decisions at a level consistent with most systems of morality and you are at a loss for who to vote for, pick Giuliani if for no other reason than that he's so damn New York...