[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Oh my.

That's funny.

Let me just run down the list of some of Rudy's more successful endorsements.

-Governor Mario Cuomo

-Governor Dan Lungren

-Attorney General Dennis Vacco

-Comptroller John Faso

-Senator Al D'amato

I could go on, if you'd like.

[LdSentinal]

Which part of post-9/11 popularity didn't you understand? Apart from John Faso, who was running with Pataki on top of the ticket, the others were pre-9/11 endorsements.

Without Guiliani's support in the '02 elections, Jim Talent and John Sununu would not get enough support from independents to win their respective elections and the Senate would have been under Democratic control with Tom Daschle as MAJORITY leader. But hey, whatever. Scorn his support of conservative candidates. Senator Saxby Chambliss might think differently of that.

And Bill Simon would not have won the GOP primary in '02 against RINOrdan without Rudy's support; of course, in retrospect, that might not have been good move.