While most everyone will agree that the former mayor of New York did a splendid job being visible and a help to citizens, government officials, and aid workers alike in the days following the terrorist attacks on 9-11, some who initially viewed his political bid for the presidential nomination with favor are beginning to question his ability to see his stint through to the end. Citing polls, such as the Ipsos poll quoted on USA Election Polls that drops his numbers from 35% in March to only 21% in July, that indicate a loss of confidence in the would be presidential candidate has party insiders and election junkies wondering what will be next.
While it is acknowledged that Giuliani’s sometimes turbulent personal life is a bit of a wild card – he is in his third marriage - it is also becoming obvious that the formerly staunch blue rinse supporters of the Republican Party are no longer worried about a man’s marital consistencies. Even though some wagging tongues have indicated that he is losing his status as the favorite son in New York, the polls do not bear out this assertion and in January as well as in June the former mayor showed a 47% rating. Many critics claim that Rudy Giuliani will be no better than George Bush whose presidential job approval ratings are at/near historic lows.
Yet what might spell the undoing of this rising star is not his tumultuous personal life but his rigid attitude toward those who disagree with him. His recent attacks on Ron Paul when the latter spoke of blowbacks is but one example; another problem that is foreseeable is the opposition of the teachers’ union that might cite the fact that budget cuts in the education funding he implemented as mayor of New York led to plummeting test scores.
