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There is nothing here I didn't know already. It pretty much covers it all: the good, the bad and the ugly. Most of the attacks on Giuliani are coming from the left: that he is a racist, etc. Well, I already know "The Nation" and Al Sharpton consider him a racist. But I see nothing that he has done in law enforcement that I vehemently disagree with, except gun control. Virtually every big city police chief in the country supports gun control, so the fact that he supported it does not surprise me. To me, he personifies the label, "Tough Law and Order Republican."

It is good that all these things are getting written now. They will be old news by the time the election rolls around. It is a natural part of the vetting process, and the reason why these candidates are out there early. The candidates like Gingrich and Thompson are hoping to jump in later because they want to avoid the scrutiny. Best to get it over with early and move on.

The article reluctantly acknowledges that New York City was improved under Giuliani's leadership. What they fail to point out is how seemingly an impossible task it was. Look at Washington DC for the past 30 years. Before Giuliani, the two cities were roughly parallel in debt, crime, decadence, etc. Imagine someone turning around Washington DC. That is the magnitude of what Giuliani accomplished, and that big picture really will not be degraded with a lot of personal scandal and inside baseball particulars.

But I see nothing that he has done in law enforcement that I vehemently disagree with, except gun control.

The Giuliani administration's policy of seizing vehicles from motorists accused of driving while intoxicated -- EVEN IF THE PERSON WAS LATER CLEARED OF THE CHARGES -- was an absolute disgrace, and basically disqualifies this moron from ever holding public office in the United States of America.

But, hey -- once you are willing to acknowlege that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution can be violated at will by a totalitarian government official, what's the big deal about tossing the Fourth Amendment into the trash can, too?