Ok, what about Peach's list in #59. That's not insignificant.
I wasn't trying to start a general thread about pro-or-con on Rudy Giuliani (although it's obviously turned into that). I wanted to address a specific point: Giuliani gets a lot of credit for "leadership" in connection with 9/11, and that credit is (I believe) largely undeserved. That's why I didn't get into stuff like gun owners' rights or the Cuomo endorsement or the squeegee men.
Peach addresses the issue by praising "the way he comported himself in the days after 9/11." I'd actually agree with that praise, but I think Giuliani has gotten way too much mileage out of that one moment. In evaluating someone for the Presidency, it's more important to consider substantive policy decisions.
PISANO argues that this criticism of Giuliani is just "monday morning qb'ing!" Well, according to the article, the book is based in part on the statements of a former NYPD chief, Louis Anemone, who faulted Giuliani's response (or lack of response) when the issue of preparation for terrorist attacks was raised with him years before 9/11. This is the sort of specific criticism that Giuliani backers will have to come to grips with in pushing him as an anti-terrorist leader.