The Giuliani Jitters

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If the press release out of the Democratic National Committee is any indication of the knots into which the Democrats would be tied by a presidential campaign by Mayor Giuliani, it is sure going to be an lively couple of years. The DNC’s communications director, Karen Finney, a veteran of Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign, greeted the news that Mr. Giuliani had formed a presidential exploratory committee with a press release that must be read to be believed. “Giuliani Was A Registered Democrat For Much Of His Life,” the release begins. Only in Washington could the Democratic National Committee issue a press release attacking a politician for having been a Democrat. If having once been a Democrat were a disqualifier in the Republican primaries, a nominating convention would never have been held for a certain former Democrat named Ronald Wilson Reagan.

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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.

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