“New York City liberals”
Giuliani is very conservative on law and order issues. The crime rate in NY dropped like a rock when he was mayor.
There was a vocal group of Giuliani supporters here on FreeRepublic when he was a candidate in the GOP primaries back in 2008. An astute Freeper pointed out the obvious reason why he was a terrible candidate:
"Rudy Giuliani is the perfect guy to deal with problems that most Americans aren't facing."