Maybe the question shouldn’t be why Rudy Giuliani should run for president, but why not?
RudyBlogger reacted to Jason Horowitz’s piece about the beginning of the end of the post-9/11 Giuliani bubble by comparing the former mayor to Douglas MacArthur and Colin Powell — national heroes who wound up sidelined after opting for “popularity over a down-and-dirty run for the presidency.”
The conclusion:
Our political system has but one currency and that is power. Not popularity, but power. And you either have it or you don’t. (Certainly Rudy-watchers must concede that power is something Hizzoner understands.) When it comes to making your mark in history, there is still no substitute for the Presidency.
– Josh Benson
