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Wrong. Rudy Giuliani's decision to drop out wasn't a huge surprise--the New York City mayor is battling prostate cancer and his wife just hired a fancy divorce lawyer--but it was a personal drama of operatic proportions, a thunderclap so loud that mere politics couldn't account for it. And Hillary Rodham Clinton may find that Giuliani's likely replacement, Long Island Congressman Rick Lazio, is a tougher opponent than Rudy would have been. Lazio is no titan, but he is young, genial, ethnic, Roman Catholic, suburban and unknown to most voters--just like George Pataki...
...little while last Friday, however, what mattered most in New York wasn't the state of the campaign. It was the state of a man's soul--a man who has often been accused of lacking one. Giuliani has always enjoyed playing the crime-fighting superhero, but he has, famously, been a cold and merciless crusader--a bane to squeegee pests, jaywalkers, homeless people, welfare moms, police-shooting victims and city-council Democrats. But Giuliani's shell cracked open on Friday, when he announced his decision. His sharpness and arrogance fell away, and he was revealed as a man shaken...
Some black leaders say Giuliani would need far more than 18 months to rebuild the bridges he has burned. And it is true that New York has seen New Rudys before--they appeared at his mayoral victory rallies in 1993 and 1997 but vanished soon after. This New Rudy, though, seemed different, heartfelt and free of calculation. Giuliani was remaking himself while taking himself out of the race. He was hunting bigger game, slaying demons of the heart, unearthing something more important than politics--and in so doing he was finding the voice that could have made him unbeatable...
...political. The New Rudy isn't going to chase any votes this year, but he will create an ongoing political spectacle that turns New York into a two-ring circus: Hillary and Rick going for the Senate in one ring, Rudy going for redemption in the next. But first, Giuliani needs to get past the cancer. The mayor still has not chosen a treatment, and the decision is clearly agonizing for him. Surgery to remove the prostate gland offers the best chance of eliminating the disease but carries a risk of impotence and incontinence. An alternative treatment--implanting tiny radioactive...
Last Friday, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani announced that he would not run in the Senate race against First Lady Hillary Clinton, and instead would focus on treatment for his prostate cancer. His announcement ended months of speculation and the saddened mayor, buffeted by the tempests of cancer and marital turmoil, quietly left the national spotlight...