[patriciaruth]

The proper thing to do would have been for Guilani to offer to stay on as an unpaid advisor for a few months to whomever is the new mayor.
General Washington then President Washington then private citizen Washington was our one indispensible man, and he set the example that the peaceful passage of power no matter what the circumstances is the one indispensible rule for our Republic.

[Texaggie79]

The proper thing to do would have been for Guilani to offer to stay on as an unpaid advisor for a few months to whomever is the new mayor.

That is EXACTLY what Rudy did and the article is talking about. Rudy offered to stay on staff to smooth the transition over 3 months instead of the usual 1.