{"id":904,"date":"2007-11-30T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T09:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/11\/giulianis-bad-week.html"},"modified":"2007-11-30T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2007-11-30T09:38:04","slug":"giulianis-bad-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/11\/giulianis-bad-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Giuliani&#8217;s bad week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rudy has had a bad, bad week. There was<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/1107\/7073.html\"> the story alleging misuse<\/a> of expenses while he was mayor. There was the<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/11\/giuliani-falling-romney-stuck.html\"> unfortunate exchange <\/a>with Romney to begin the debate. There was the campaign&#8217;s r<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/politics\/politicalintelligence\/2007\/11\/giuliani_dismis.html\">ather week rebuttal<\/a> to the Politico story. And now there is this story out today:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In almost every appearance as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, Rudolph W. Giuliani cites a fusillade of statistics and facts to make his arguments about his successes in running New York City and the merits of his views.Discussing his crime-fighting success as mayor, Mr. Giuliani told a television interviewer that New York was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the only city in America that has reduced crime every single year since 1994.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In New Hampshire this week, he told a public forum that when he became mayor in 1994, New York \u00e2\u20ac\u0153had been averaging like 1,800, 1,900 murders for almost 30 years.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d When a recent Republican debate turned to the question of fiscal responsibility, he boasted that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153under me, spending went down by 7 percent.\u00e2\u20ac\u009dAll of these statements are incomplete, exaggerated or just plain wrong. And while, to be sure, all candidates use misleading statistics from time to time, Mr. Giuliani has made statistics a central part of his candidacy as he campaigns on his record.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ooops. The next week will tell us a lot about Giuliani. Will he come through this period as a statesman &#8211; as the man the world admired after 9\/11? Will he have his own Howard Dean moment? <object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KDwODbl3muE&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KDwODbl3muE&#038;rel=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object>I think Giuliani is unraveling. I think details of his affair with Judith Nathan while he was mayor will emerge and a lot of Republicans will begin to wonder how, exactly, his behavior differed from Bill Clinton&#8217;s when he was in office. Huckabee&#8217;s rise puts Giuliani&#8217;s character into even sharper focus because Huckabee is seen as a straight shooter. And to the degree that he isn&#8217;t, he knows the Christian language of forgiveness and repentance and he will use it &#8211; with great efficacy. We&#8217;ll see. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rudy has had a bad, bad week. There was the story alleging misuse of expenses while he was mayor. There was the unfortunate exchange with Romney to begin the debate. There was the campaign&#8217;s rather week rebuttal to the Politico story. 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