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Nobody is going to be foolish enough to elect a nobody member of the House, who has had dirty deals with contractors , and is not only not ready for prime time, but is a terrible speaker, whom even Wolf Blitzer couldn't help.

I don't really know if that'll be a consideration.
He was mayor of a city with 8 million people.
That's more than the following 39 states (state population count as of the July 1, 2006 estimate):

Virginia 7,642,884
Massachusetts 6,437,193
Washington 6,395,798
Indiana 6,313,520
Arizona 6,166,318
Tennessee 6,038,803
Missouri 5,842,713
Maryland 5,615,727
Wisconsin 5,556,506
Minnesota 5,167,101
Colorado 4,753,377
Alabama 4,599,030
South Carolina 4,321,249
Louisiana 4,287,768
Kentucky 4,206,074
Oregon 3,700,758
Oklahoma 3,579,212
Connecticut 3,504,809
Iowa 2,982,085
Mississippi 2,910,540
Arkansas 2,810,872
Kansas 2,764,075
Utah 2,550,063
Nevada 2,495,529
New Mexico 1,954,599
West Virginia 1,818,470
Nebraska 1,768,331
Idaho 1,466,465
Maine 1,321,574
New Hampshire 1,314,895
Hawaii 1,285,498
Rhode Island 1,067,610
Montana 944,632
Delaware 853,476
South Dakota 781,919
Alaska 670,053
North Dakota 635,867
Vermont 623,908
Wyoming 515,004

I think the mayor tag is not going to matter as much as his policies, but that's just my opinion.