G is for gone

Giuliani concedes. The bit of the speech I saw was classy. Like most New Yorkers, I kind of think he's a maniac, but I was touched.

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HAHAHA! As a fellow NYer, I couldn't agree more.

Posted by Jen | January 30, 2008 1:24 AM

Start spreading the news
That lunatics lose
Just like the Giants will.
New York, New York!

Posted by MoeLarryAndJesus | January 30, 2008 1:56 AM

Bad for Giuliani. Good for America!

Posted by TLM | January 30, 2008 2:28 AM

Only if by "most New Yorkers" Megan actually means "people from the Upper West Side like her".

Posted by Al | January 30, 2008 7:12 AM

"Only if by "most New Yorkers" Megan actually means "people from the Upper West Side like her"."

Posted by Al | January 30, 2008 7:12 AM

poor Rudy, all that Media coverage and the American voter still couldn't 'see' what the 'majority' of NYCers saw (?)

Al,

I doubt it..

Posted by MEH | January 30, 2008 8:03 AM

yeah, I'm with Al. I don't really take it for granted that most New Yorkers think Giuliani is a maniac. I lived in NYC for three years (one in Queens, two in UWS) and most of the New Yorkers I knew raved about how he was the best thing that happened to the city.

I don't know enough about him and his policies to say one way or the other, but the prevailing sentiment amongst the New Yorkers I knew and talked to was quite positive.

Posted by Geoff | January 30, 2008 9:42 AM

Speaking as an (ex) New Yorker, I have to say Megan has it about right.

He was a maniac, and also a great mayor.
The two are not entirely incompatible.

I would have liked him as President too, though.

Posted by heedless | January 30, 2008 11:53 AM

He cleaned up Times Square! He stood tall on 9/11! (from a safe distance...)

And Mussolini made the trains run on time.

You can find something good to say about anyone, if you really want to.

I just hope this torpedoes the "don't campaign until close to Super Tuesday" strategy. Those early primaries are important for vetting candidates and letting a reasonable number of "regular people" get a close look at them.

Posted by liberalrob | January 31, 2008 3:59 PM