Word: giuliani
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Behind the lines in Rudy Giuliani's campaign war room...
...all candidates embrace the metaphor of politics as war. Dennis Kucinich, for example. But Rudy Giuliani is always up for a fight. The lights and the television sets go on at 3:30 most mornings in the headquarters of the former New York City mayor, thanks to a former Bush White House aide named Kathryn Grosso. As war-room manager, she monitors the buzz, and the buzz starts early. "We never know what the news cycle is going to bring," she says. "It always keeps you on your toes." Surrounded by other staffers, volunteers and orders from Chipotle, Grosso tunes...
...possible to be a veteran at 24. Grosso, who studied political communications at Emerson College, has already logged time at the Republican National Committee (where she learned the art of rapid response during the 2004 Democratic Convention) as well as in the White House. She joined the Giuliani campaign in March and soon earned an employee-of-the-month award. The New Hampshire native won't make it home for the primary. "I'll be stationed in New York," she says. "But I'll definitely remind them to vote up there." There may have been countless cups of coffee since...
Leadership vs. Loyalty What a brilliant piece Michael Duffy wrote on Rudolph Giuliani and his loyalty to Bernard Kerik [Nov. 26]. Duffy's snapshot provided one of the most concise and intriguing portraits of a political animal that I have ever read. He truly captured Giuliani through the prism of his relationship with Kerik, possibly his closest ally. And the statement made by an operative from a rival campaign on Rudy's pitch - "I'm not a nice guy. But the people you fear, fear me" - was so articulate a description it gave me pause. Carl A. Hulbert, Bellingham, Washington...
...into shadowy misadventures, thus trivializing the man's merits and suggesting that what he ultimately did for his city and country was insignificant and self-serving. The intent to mask the story as a critical essay on loyalty - well, it just didn't make the stretch. Ripping Kerik through Giuliani and Giuliani through Kerik is a trite and wearisome pastime, isn't it? Chris McLoughlin, Atlanta...