You know, that's something I don't really get. Frankly, I don't see what Guilliani's performance post 9-11 has to do with national security. He really didn't do much of anything. Yes, he gave some good speaches calming the people down, and he maintained order in the city. Kudos to him for that. But I don't see that as some great accomplishment; just something that should be expected of any half decent mayor. Nor do I see what that has to do with national security.
His overall record as mayor shows he is a competent executive who can get things done. His taking on the mob, both as prosecutor and then as mayor, shows courage and determination. The Gambino and Genovese families have a price on his head because he ruined their rackets. I can certainly see how these accomplishments suggest he will be strong on national security. But the post 9-11 stuff, I really don't get.
“But the post 9-11 stuff, I really don’t get.”
Well you compare his performance under crises with say of a Ray Nagin or Gov. Blanco during Katrina or Gov. Gray”out” Davis during the power outages and it’s not a given that these politicans will rise to the occassion.
I once ran a vanity thread asking why Guilliani was leading in the South despite his oppostion to what most Southerners believed and the response I got was national security trumps social issues.