page_title: Public image of Rudy Giuliani
hierarchical_section_title: Public image of Rudy Giuliani
caption_attribution_description: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (left) and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (right) hold a joint media availability at the site of the World Trade Center disaster in lower Manhattan, on Nov. 14, 2001. Rumsfeld is visiting the site of the Sept. 11th disaster to speak to Giuliani, officials from the N.Y. Fire Department and the Office of Emergency Management.
context_page_description: Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001, and a candidate for President of the United States in 2008, Rudy Giuliani was both glorified and criticized in the public sphere for his past actions. Many credited him with reducing crime and improving the city's economy and lauded his leadership during the September 11, 2001 attacks and his coordination of the emergency response in the immediate aftermath. Others disapproved of his policies and political positions as Mayor and candidate and criticized the perceived glorification of his role in the aftermath of 9/11 during the 2008 campaign.
  Poll numbers throughout 2007 suggested that Giuliani was the front-runner among other Republican candidates for the party's 2008 presidential nomination. Although the status fell with his looming exit from the race, Giuliani continued to be perceived as strong on terrorism.
context_section_description: Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001, and a candidate for President of the United States in 2008, Rudy Giuliani was both glorified and criticized in the public sphere for his past actions.  Many credited him with reducing crime and improving the city's economy and lauded his leadership during the September 11, 2001 attacks and his coordination of the emergency response in the immediate aftermath. Others disapproved of his policies and political positions as Mayor and candidate and criticized the perceived glorification of his role in the aftermath of 9/11 during the 2008 campaign.
  Poll numbers throughout 2007 suggested that Giuliani was the front-runner among other Republican candidates for the party's 2008 presidential nomination. Although the status fell with his looming exit from the race, Giuliani continued to be perceived as strong on terrorism.
caption: Donald Rumsfeld and Rudy Giuliani at the site of the World Trade Center, on November 14, 2001.
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