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When Karl Rove hatched the plan, it looked like the sort of deft political move that led George W. Bush to dub him "Boy Genius." Last year the President's political strategist recruited Los Angeles' popular outgoing mayor, Richard Riordan, to run for Governor against the vulnerable Demo-cratic incumbent, Gray Davis--and Rove seemed to be taking the first step toward remaking the moribund California G.O.P. in Bush's image. But Riordan's spectacular defeat in last week's Republican primary suggests that what passes for genius in Washington can look too clever by half anywhere else...
...unfair to blame the California debacle solely on Rove. Riordan, the millionaire ex-mayor whose moderate leanings led some party stalwarts to brand him a RINO (Republican in Name Only), ran a dismal race, blowing a 40-point lead. His untested opponent, millionaire businessman Bill Simon Jr., got an endorsement from 9/11 hero Rudy Giuliani and proved both surefooted and in tune with the conservative voters who dominate the primary. Then Davis did some meddling of his own, spending $10 million on attack ads against Riordan. But the White House failed to anticipate those factors, which explains why Presidents, like...
DENIED. RUDOLPH GIULIANI, 57, ex-mayor of New York City; his request for joint custody of his children Andrew, 15, and Caroline, 12; in New York City. A state judge who will determine permanent custody in June said Giuliani had not spent sufficient time with his children...
...Tiger Woods of G.O.P. politics: stand Rudy Giuliani next to anything, and some voters will buy. Impressed by the former New York City mayor's apparent kingmaking powers after his endorsement helped boost Bill Simon Jr. to a surprising victory in California's Republican primary for Governor, G.O.P. leaders quietly polled voters in key states last week to gauge Giuliani's broader influence. Republicans were already aware that Giuliani helped elect media mogul Michael Bloomberg to the Big Apple's top job last fall. But last week's G.O.P. polling revealed that Giuliani is as popular nationwide among Republicans...
...Even the mayor stopped by,” Gerolimatos says, but she did not give many details of the visit. Eliot House Master Lino Pertile is also a supporter and fan. “I could not have been able to display my paintings without his help,” Gerolimatos says. “He has been so kind...