He's still a wonderful ex-Mayor.
But he is definitely not a "presidential" figure.
The 'red state' American is turned off by "Soprano-like" characters who use the "F" word six times per sentence...and tho he may not talk that way, that's his persona.
He's dead in the Heartland.
Your comments about the ex-Mayor are bizarre. What makes you think Guiliani talks like a Soprano? He's nothing like that, being very personable in social settings (the only times I've met him). He's a cultured individual.
And Guiliani's stoic leadership on 9/11 was remarkable. His example certainly managed to calm my near hysteria on that terrible day.
And p.s.: How can anyone forget the Mayor throwing Arafat out of the Metropolitan Opera based on nothing more than he didn't like the creep and didn't want him sullying his beloved opera house.
Too few know anything about the man. Furthermore, I was in MI on 9/11/01. The feedback I got from the folks in The Heartland was, "Well, it's NY. Who cares?" Even the folks in the taverns where there were TVs showing the carnage, no one paid any attention; they just ordered another drink.
Do you live in the "Heartland"?