I don't particularly favor Guiliani over any of the other candidates, except for McCain and Newt. I would prefer him to those two.
Leadership, however, is a hard to define thing...Rudi seems to have it. He also has supported the president 100% on the WOT, which makes him miles ahead of McCain.
I lived in New York City throughout the Giuliani mayoralty, so I'm more interested in stuff about him than about other prospective candidates. Also, I'm more interested in articles supporting my view that Giuliani is overrated. Calling this "quite a coincidence" is unnecessarily snarky. Most people tend to see more merit in articles that mirror their opinions. Human nature, doncha think? I've never pretended to be a Rudy enthusiast.
If it will make you feel better, though, I'll say something pro-Rudy: I agree with AmericaUnited that "Former Giuliani Aide Found Strangled" is a pretty stupid headline. This sad event has nothing to do with Giuliani, but the media will of course play it up. They'll find Giuliani's "tie" to this murder a more compelling story than, say, doing the difficult work of analyzing the pros and cons of his handling of 9/11, a task that might require some actual research and intelligence and so forth.
Isn't it interesting how suddenly we have to hear about how Guiliani is really a phoney, right before the caucuses and primaries start? My spidey-senses detect an organized strategy.
My spidey-senses detect two authors and a publisher who judge that there's a bigger market for a book about a likely presidential candidate than there is for a book about, say, Governor Keating of Oklahoma. Also, it isn't exactly "right before the caucuses and primaries start" -- on my calendar, they're still more than a year away. If I were an author whose primary motivation was to hurt Giuliani's campaign, I would've sought to delay the release of this book somewhat, at least until after the midterm elections.