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To: Kenneth V. McNutt who wrote (602881)	8/12/2004 10:10:36 AM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 769670

Leveraging Sept. 11, Giuliani Raises Forceful Voice for Bush By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Published 12th August 2004 Just weeks before the Republican National Convention hits his hometown, Rudolph W. Giuliani is emerging as a central player in the Bush re-election effort, attacking John Kerry, racing around the country campaigning and directly leveraging the events of Sept. 11 in ways that President Bush and many of his closest allies have not dared. In Boston during the Democratic National Convention, the former New York City mayor uttered his latest much-quoted Rudyism: "I don't need Michael Moore to tell me about 9/11." And when Mr. Kerry attacked the president's initial response to the terrorist attack, it was Mr. Giuliani who was dispatched to respond for the Bush campaign. Now, as the Republicans prepare to gather in New York City, he has emerged as a potent political symbol who evokes the nation's initial response to the 9/11 attack. Mr. Giuliani said in an interview yesterday that in his address to the convention, he will speak almost exclusively about that fateful day. The terrorist attack "is the single most significant event that has happened in the last four years, and is maybe one of the most important events in our history," Mr. Giuliani said in a telephone interview. "So it has to be an issue in the election. Not discussing it would be like conducting an election for Abraham Lincoln and not discussing the Civil War." The alliance of Mr. Giuliani with the Bush campaign and the national Republican Party is in many ways quite remarkable, given his often ambivalent relationship to both. While the Bush team has much to gain from Mr. Giuliani's surrogacy, his enthusiasm in supporting the president may say just as much about his own aspirations. Numerous political consultants and former and current colleagues of Mr. Giuliani note that he is trying hard to raise his profile among voters and fund-raisers, and to repair his image with the more conservative core of the party, all to lay the groundwork for a future campaign, perhaps even the presidency. "It is not always evident when you are going to make a withdrawal from the favor bank of politics," said Kieran Mahoney, a longtime Republican consultant, "but it is always obvious when you are making a deposit." Indeed, Mr. Giuliani's history with the Republican Party may have left him with many fences to mend. In 2000, Mr. Giuliani supported John McCain in the Republican primary, infuriating the Bush team and breaking from most Republicans in the state. That came just six years after he stunned fellow Republicans with a rare cross-party endorsement of Mario M. Cuomo, a Democrat, in his bid for re-election as governor. Even yesterday, while vigorously defending President Bush, Mr. Giuliani seemed to float away from his party's talking points, declaring Mr. Kerry qualified to be president, even if he would not vote for him. Mr. Giuliani said the fact that Mr. Kerry had been elected to the United States Senate four times and had a war record made him "absolutely" qualified to be president. "It would be a terrible mistake for the Republican side to argue he is not qualified More....... nytimes.com

To: Kenneth V. McNutt who wrote (602881)	8/12/2004 10:29:52 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Democrat John Kerry has taken a slight lead over President Bush in Florida — the essential swing state in the 2000 election, according to a poll out Thursday. Kerry and running mate John Edwards had the backing of 47 percent, Bush and Vice President Cheney had the support of 41 percent and independent Ralph Nader and his running mate Peter Camejo had 4 percent in the Quinnipiac University poll. Bush and Kerry were deadlocked in Florida at 43 percent each in a Quinnipiac poll in late June. GET USE TO THE NAME PRESIDENT KERRY!