Actually the playbook was written by Fiorello LaGuardia, the Republican Mayor of New York from 1933 to 1945, in his dealings with Tammany Hall. By the time he left office, Tammany was pretty much destroyed.
Giuliani and Christie have updated the playbook for the modern media era.
Really. Because I had wondered what ended Tammany Hall. It feels like the country is now ruled by Tammany Hall. I think that the government over time was infiltrated by SO MANY COMMUNISTS than now the whole bloody edifice is rotten.
Imagine Giuliani as Attorney General. Sigh.