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"......Rudy not only refused to support his team, he ratted them out and supported their opponent(s). That sort of feckless behavior is NOT a quality you want in a President."

It's apparent you don't understand NYC vs NYS politics. NYC has always been a democratic city, whereas Upstate NY has been predominately republican. To function properly NYC has to come to Albany every year and beg for money for mandated, but underfunded programs.

Gov. Mario Cuomo, for all his liberal views had been good to NYC. With Rudy's ambitious program to clean up and make NYC safe and self-sufficient, he had to rely on a known quantity. Pataki was an Upstater whose consistency was outside NYC. Rudy and most New Yorkers knew this. He backed the wrong candidate and lost. He didn't hide from it or try to explain it away. It was a mistake, he accepted the consequences and apologized to Pataki. END OF STORY.

You may characterize Rudy's action however you want. Raising NYC from the dead was his mandate and his mission. The rest is history. Call him psychic.....No. Call him instinctive and courageous.....YES.

Call him instinctive and courageous.....YES.
***I'm okay with Rudy being called instinctive and courageous, but he won't get my vote nor the votes of millions of socons. We simply disagree with him and he can't pull the wool over our eyes. What is his instinctive and courageous plan once he realizes he would split the base and lose to Hillary? Once he moves forward, he's no longer instinctive and courageous; he's just someone who will say whatever needs to be said to become president. No thanks.

Gov. Mario Cuomo, for all his liberal views had been good to NYC. With Rudy's ambitious program to clean up and make NYC safe and self-sufficient, he had to rely on a known quantity.

Some would call that being pragmatic.

Others would call it selling out to the guy who held the pursestrings.

In any event, with that skill at spinning a favorable version of the former mayor, you could probably make a bundle as a consultant to Rudy, have you considered that?

I'm impressed.