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Somebody, maybe Philip Klein, maybe a TAS editor, entitled Klein's article "General Rudy." Fact is, the real title should have been "Emperor Rudy," but I do not mean that in as pejorative a sense as it might be taken. The Mayor of the City of New York, where the pre-9/11 Giuliani compiled his most substantive accomplishments, though as documented by Klein not to the satisfaction then or now of the very people who most benefited from those accomplishments, has the most extensive executive authority of any public official in America, more than any other mayor, governor or even President.

That is why Giuliani was able to accomplish what he did. Giuliani could ignore the City Council. The President of the United States cannot ignore the Congress. If he does, or if the Congress ignores him, there will be no accomplishments; there will be deadlock. That is why it is absolutely essential that a genuine Conservative Republican Party, not the current disappointments who include 24 members of the Senate who voted yesterday to betray their country, keep the White House and recover both houses of the Congress.

Giuliani may very well secure the Republican nomination and then the Presidency, but he will not offer nor have any coattails. That will not be for lack of trying. Giuliani worked very hard for Republican candidates in the 2004 and 2006 elections. The problem is public perception. Anyone willing to vote for Giuliani will be casting a vote for an Emperor who will set many things right for America, but that same person will vote his "other" concerns for Congress.

America needs a candidate who will convince Americans not only what needs to be done by the President, but also how it will need to be done with the enthusiastic support of a Conservative Republican Congress. That isn't Giuliani. It is instead a guy who will be announcing right about Independence Day.

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