Guiliani vs. Edwards

[AndrewTX]

I don't get why people would actually think that Edwards would have a chance at winning North Carolina, and South Carolina.  His approval ratings were low in the Senate while running for President, he probably would have lost his re-election bid if he would have kept with it.

 His voting record was too liberal for the state, considering he had either the second or third most liberal voting record in the 108. 

[AndrewTX]

There are over 50 council members in the New York City Council, all of whom the Mayor has to work close to in order to get things done. Considering that has been about 3 Republicans on the council, it wasn't easy to get things done for either Rudy or Bloomberg. The city was pretty trashy a while back. Times Square was the worst, it wasn't the place you wanted to walk around, and when you got out of a Broadway play, or anything after 10, you wanted to take a cab to Grand Central if you needed. When Rudy came in, he really cleaned up the place, kicked the strip joints out of the Times Square area, and made it safe to walk around again. 

 He also braved 9/11 for the people of his city. He wasn't in some safe zone uptown, watching from the TV. He was in the mess, and was in a building that they got trapped in, and it nearly collapsed.  He was a strong leader in a rough time for us, thats why if he runs, he would get my vote.  I also lived in Manhattan shortly from spring 2001 - summer 2002.