I guess it's going to depend on people's priorities. Most people were pretty damned impressed with Giuliani's leadership skills in the aftermath of 9/11 and I would guess they would be willing to cut him some slack in his personal life. I live in NY and benefitted from his mayoralty, which was overwhelmingly positive, but I do have some other issues with him (for one thing, he isn't too good about dissent). I just don't know how people in other parts of the country will take to him - he's not warm and fuzzy, and much of the rest of the country doesn't much care for NY - and he is very New York.
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