[Cincinna]

Rudy was awesome in New Hampshire. The speech and Q and A was on C-Span.

As Mayor, Rudy had a Press conference every single day. There is no one better at it than Rudy. One of the reasons he will be loved by the Press is that he is always availaable.

As more and more people listen to his "straight talk", and his simple but never simplistic explanations about very complex problems, given in a way all can understand, never preaching,never patronizing, more and more people will support him.

[des]

Here in "flyover country" he is associated with THE ISSUE, primarily, but, he is much more. Plus, on 11/03/06 his primary reference was REAGAN, REAGAN, REAGAN.

[Cobra64]

I've been a Rudy fan for years. A lot of FReepers don't like him, and most have never heard him speak.

[MaDeuce]

Rudy is a Anti-Second Amendment piece of garbage. I would hope that GOA and the NRA would work expose this phony Repub.

Being a NH resident (now a $hit-hole solid blue state), he would never get my vote and I will make sure I get the word out to my friends, neighbors, and members of my fish & game club that this guy is bad news.

[tcostell]

One of the reasons he will be loved by the Press is that he is always available.

Are you kidding me?!!! The Press D E S P I S E D him as mayor. Until 9/11 they did nothing but tear him apart and misrepresent his every word to show him in as bad a light as possible.

To be fair, it never fooled the voters once, and it said a lot more about the irresponsibility of the media than it did about Guliani, but to say that the press loved him is a gross distortion.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Didn't watch it (watching the Bears beat the Giants instead) but I agree with your message: we need Rudy. In large measure, we need him because he can stand up to the media on a daily basis and take his message right to the people, explain his decisions, defend his administration. He did it for 2 terms as Mayor of NYC and helped that city and this country get through the most traumatic day in our lifetime. He'd be the LEADER we've been missing since Reagan's time.

[Labyrinthos]

There is no one better at it than Rudy. One of the reasons he will be loved by the Press is that he is always availaable.

Up until 09.11, the New York press (except for the NY Post and the Sun) despised Rudy G. for many reasons, including his "tell it like it is" brashness, and his quality of life campaign that offended beggers, squeegie men, turnstyle jumpers, the homeless, the chronically unemployed, and the welfare kings and queens. Rudy G. also made tough budget decisions that cut wasteful and ineffective social programs, and unlike Mayor David Dinkins, who was the poster child of the left, he actually made a visible difference and left NYC in much better shape than when he took the helm.

[M. Thatcher]

One of the reasons he will be loved by the Press...

What the bleep are you smoking?