Rudy is better than whoever you support

Motorola is to blame here. Guiliani had no reason to switch companies after 25 years of business with Motorola. Guiliani was simply honoring the relationship that Motorola and NYC had. Again, why switch companies after 25 years? Hindsight is the only reason you can claim. the previous radios broke due to age, not faulty equipment. Motorola made a faulty product. Rudy couldn't have known this. The WTC housed countless high offices and the like. It had the resources and location. Terrorists have sworn to attack nearly everywhere in large cities. To observe that is to be ignorant. Should we remove all embasies then? The fact is, the WTC was apt and had a central location. Had the attacks been anywhere else, which is pretty much a matter of chance, the WTC would have been hailed as a good choice. Again, hindsight arguments. Sure, crime was dropping everywhere. But, Rudy took it to new heights in 9-11. The turnaround in the city, even when compared to the rest of the country, is astounding. Talk to any New Yorker about Times Square in the early 90's compared to now. The feds did a good job, but Rudy and his administration are responsible for the phenominal degree of improvement. You pointed this out. There is a difference between being a sanctuary city and realizing what needs to be done on a practical level. He didn't allow workers to hire illegals or anything related. Rudy took a reasonable approach and the results showed. He is an excellent appointer. This isn't coattail riding, its a presidential skill. An executive leader can't do everything himself. Rudy has shown that he is an excellent judge of character and ability and will make excellent appointments as president, someone who has to make thousands of them. You don't get to make arguments about polls when you support someone who is running last in his party. Edwards has yet to win and commonly finishes last. So, how are polls indicative of aptitude? If you want to make your delegates arguments, they apply equally to Edwards. Guiliani is trailing because winners recieve a bump. The 9-11 reputation is a matter of popular conception. People are goign to think he leans on 9-11 because that is the popular opinion. He is, in all actuality, very humble about it. He received awards and praise, sure, but he consistently thanks the volunteers and servicepersons. He has a reputation for using it as a crutch because that is the reason he is SO well-known. His pre-9-11 record speaks for itself. First, the war is no longer the prevailing issue. The economy has people more worried tenfold. Check the polls. On this issue, Guiliani is the strongest. His record of fiscal discipline turned a multi-billion dollar deficit into a multi-billion dollar surplus. None of the Dem candidates have ANY executive experience, especially when dealing with economics. I get that you don't like the war, but Edwards' strategy is a dangerous one. Of course he is going to say he will listen to military advice, whats his alternative? Is he going to trot out and say "I will personally ignore every military advisor."? Even anti-war politicians criticize Edwards drastic pullout strategy. What position of Guiliani's has flipped? He has been a Reagan Republican practically since birth. I agree, special interests are bad. I know, people want health insurance and can't afford it. So, how does garnishing wages and mandating it help? Some people don't want health care and can afford it. You would make them buy it if they don't want it? Making it affordable is the answer, not treating citizens like children and enforcing government mandates. Edwards is a socialist who would strip the American people of individual rights. Your complaining about the PA when edwards would commit far greater atrocities. None of this you deny. You simply say that Edward's socialist platform is good. This isn't so. I get that you have personal beef with Rudy. But, despite your name-calling, he is a proven policy genius. We are left with Rudy, who has failed marriages. Against Edwards, who you admit is essentially a socialist.