the prosecutor-turned-proconsul made his mark on the city not by embracing its social liberalism but by trying to crush it.
That just won't fly in flyover country.
Though it will get lots of airtime next October, and maybe even be explained, the bulk of the tube watching population won't care why.
The image will haunt them all the way to the voting booth.
I can't see how voting for a former mayor who put the city's emergency response center in one of the buildings in a complex which had already been targeted by terrorists is a good idea for America, and that dies not even touch on the issues.