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Funny what a week under the klieg lights of national scrutiny will do to a man. Take New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and his ubiquitous sidekick, Police Commissioner Howard Safir, for example...
...Giuliani, of course, stands to suffer more politically from this mess - this is the mayor who styles himself as something of an autocrat, who enjoys cracking the whip every once in a while. He's all about law and order. For Pete's sake, he tried to stamp out jaywalking in New York City. So how could this attack take place in his city, on his watch, with the oft-chastened NYPD on the scene...
...tore into Republican rival Rick Lazio, charging him with abandoning the interests of New York's women, children and families and falling prey to the gun lobby. After a stretch of relatively sedate (and occasionally downright cordial) campaigning since Lazio joined the race - replacing New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani - Clinton's vociferous assault took many observers by surprise. Why the sudden about-face...
...mantra until now has been 'I'm a candidate of ideas, not insults.' Now she's going to have to come up with a new line. Hillary obviously knows that if Lazio successfully portrays himself as a moderate, she'll lose the one big advantage she had had over Giuliani: Most New Yorkers agree with her on the issues...
...know the ethnic background of the attackers. I do know the mood of the day - an atmosphere of boozing, marauding holiday, of norms suspended: a temporary overthrow of the authorities. The police - Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's famous tough guys - were in a lounging and permissive mode, as if, in the face of the crowds and heat and politicized cultural assertion, they had decided not to get involved. When people reported the attacks to police in the park, the cops seemed indifferent and evasive. And the bystanders were no help either...