Rudy Giuliani on Budget & Economy : Dec 9, 2007
Goal of balancing budget, but no pledge

A: Sure, I would make it a goal.

Q: But not a pledge.

A: I don't do pledges. I didn't do a pledge on taxes. I stated my intention was to lower taxes. I have a record of lowering taxes. My intention would be to balance the budget. I have a record of eight balanced budgets in a city where we had some serious economic and financial difficulties at various times, and we figured out a way to balance the budget.

Rudy Giuliani on Education : Dec 9, 2007
All parents want more control & choice over kids' schooling

A: I don't see any risk at all. Hispanic Americans are Americans, just as much as all other Americans. They have the same values, the same interests. I learned that being mayor of the largest Hispanic city in the US. I learned we have very common values. Hispanics have a tremendous interest in giving more freedom back to people, giving people more of a chance to decide on the education of their child. That's why I think school choice would be a very good thing to do for Hispanics, for Hispanic parents, for all parents. The decision on where the child goes to school should primarily be made by the parent, and the parent should decide what school the child goes to, not the government bureaucrat. That's one of many things that really unites what Hispanics want and need and what all parents want and need, which is more control over their child's education. And that's something that I would fight very hard to bring about.

Hillary Clinton on Welfare & Poverty : Dec 1, 2007
Partner with faith based community in empowerment zones

A: In New York City we have seen the transformation of Harlem from a combination of government action creating an empowerment zone, the private sector coming in to take advantage of that and an explosion of entrepreneurial dynamism. We've also seen the faith based community like Abyssinians & others that have been partners with it and of course we've seen a lot of hip hop participants and leaders taking advantage of that. So we need this partnership. We need this partnership between the public and private sector and the not-for-profit and faith-based sector. And we need to make sure that young people have a particular stake in what we are going to present. That's what I've worked on in NYC and in upstate NY and I intend to put that to work when I'm president.

Rudy Giuliani on Crime : Nov 27, 2007
FactCheck: crime NOT at record high when Rudy took office

Giuliani's ad is correct when it claims that crime was cut "in half" in his term, which ended in 2001. Furthermore, crime declined in the city at a faster rate than it did across the nation. During his time in office violent crime fell 56% in NYC but only 33% nationally.

Giuliani would have been correct to say the city was experiencing "NEAR record crime," but a "record" is "an unsurpassed statistic." This ad is simply false when it says the city experienced "record crime ... until Rudy."

Rudy Giuliani on Tax Reform : Nov 27, 2007
FactCheck: Cut NYC taxes by $5.4B, not $9B as claimed

Fred Thompson on Gun Control : Nov 25, 2007
NYC doesn't have same values as America on gun control

A: I think Rudy was kind of squealing before he got stuck there. Somebody asked me a question about gun control, and I said Rudy was mayor of New York and apparently felt like gun control was a great idea back then. He says it was because he was representing NYC. But I don't think New York City has necessarily the same values as the rest of America. And that's in reaction to that. My experience has had to do with matters on the national level. I was on the Intelligence Committee. I chaired a committee dealing with nuclear proliferation. I was Republican floor leader for the homeland security bill. I could go on and on and on. I've dealt with those issues for almost a decade both in and out of government. And of course, Rudy has not, you know, five minutes of experience with regard to things of those nature.

Hillary Clinton on Education : Nov 15, 2007
Get more teachers into hard-to-serve areas

Chris Dodd on Education : Nov 15, 2007
Merit pay for poor areas ok; not for better neighborhoods

Mitt Romney on Immigration : Nov 9, 2007
AdWatch: No driver's license & in-state tuition for illegals

ROMNEY: We all know Hillary Clinton and the Democrats have it wrong on illegal immigration. Our party should not make that mistake.

As Governor, I authorized the State Police to enforce immigration laws. I opposed driver's licenses & in-state tuition for illegal aliens.

As president, I'll oppose amnesty, cut funding for sanctuary cities and secure our borders.

Legal immigration is great, but illegal immigration--that's got to stop

Mitt Romney on Immigration : Nov 9, 2007
FactCheck: Took no action against 4 Mass. sanctuary cities

During his tenure, at least f Orleans didn't officially deem themselves "sanctuaries," but Somerville affirmed its "long-standing policies in support of all immigrants," while Orleans forbade city officials from turning in illegal immigrants without probable cause.

We asked Romney's campaign if he had acted against these cities, but they didn't provide us with any examples. As far as we were able to determine in our own research, Romney made no attempts to penalize, censure, or cut funding to them.

Fred Thompson on Abortion : Nov 4, 2007
Opposes partial birth ban; but no parental notification

A: No, no. It's a complex issue concerning whether or not you're going to have a federal law, a federal constitutional amendment, those kinds of things. Nobody's proposed a federal law on this. I had an opportunity to vote on an array of things over eight years, whether it be partial birth abortion, whether it be Mexico City policy, whether it be transporting young girls across state lines to avoid parental notification laws and all that--100% pro-life. I would take those same positions as president: No federal funding for abortion, no nothing that would in any way encourage abortion. I do not think it is a wise thing to criminalize young girls and perhaps their parents as aiders and abettors or perhaps their family physician. And that's what you're talking about. You're talking about potential criminal law.

Joe Biden on Principles & Values : Oct 30, 2007
Giuliani is truly not qualified to be president

Bill Richardson on Environment : Oct 26, 2007
Invest in bike lanes & commuter bike facilities

Places like London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Paris have wet winters, like many of our cities. Yet people bike and are happy about it. There are bike lanes so riders don't have to worry about car conflicts. There are huge bike parking lots near train stations and commercial centers. This kind of investment makes tremendous long-term sense. I won't accept the shibboleth that Americans won't ride their bikes to work. If they could do so safely and conveniently, many would commute by bicycle regularly.

Bill Richardson on Technology : Oct 26, 2007
Subsidize inter-city rail--it works in New Mexico

The New Mexico Railrunner, which runs on conventional tracks that we bought from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, has been a success. It is subsidized, as all forms of public transportation must be, but it is attracting transit-oriented development nearby as well as a large number of passengers who welcome the opportunity to commute by rail instead of by individual car. My investment in "park-n-ride" busses between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, while we work on an efficient rail connection, has been standing-room only. People who have said westerners won't use public transportation are nuts.

Fred Thompson on Immigration : Oct 21, 2007
Voted for law to abolish sanctuary cities

GIULIANI: New York City had a policy of allowing people who are illegal immigrants to report crime and to put their children in school. Otherwise, we reported every single illegal immigrant that committed a crime. The results were pretty darn good. I brought down crime by over 60%. I brought down homicide by 67%. I had the most legal city in the country. And I took the crime capital of America and I turned it into the safest large city in the country. The senator has never had executive responsibility. He's never had the weight of people's safety and security on his shoulders. I have. And I think I out-performed any expectations.

Rudy Giuliani on Immigration : Oct 21, 2007
Sanctuary city policy helped make NYC most legal city in US

GIULIANI: New York City had a policy of allowing people who are illegal immigrants to report crime and to put their children in school. Otherwise, we reported every single illegal immigrant that committed a crime. The results were pretty darn good. I brought down crime by over 60%. I brought down homicide by 67%. I had the most legal city in the country. And I took the crime capital of America and I turned it into the safest large city in the country. The senator has never had executive responsibility. He's never had the weight of people's safety and security on his shoulders. I have. And I think I out-performed any expectations.

Rudy Giuliani on Immigration : Oct 21, 2007
FactCheck: NYC not "sanctuary" but did welcome illegals

In fact, Giuliani's policy as mayor was not so simple as he now claims. New York didn't describe itself as a "sanctuary city" for aliens. However, Giuliani told the New York Times early in 1994 that "Some of the hardest-working and most productive people in this city are undocumented aliens. If you come here and you work hard and you happen to be in an undocumented status, you're one of the people who we want in this city. You're somebody that we want to protect, and we want you to get out from under what is often a life of being like a fugitive." The Times said back then that the mayor was "virtually urging illegal immigrants to settle in NYC."

John Cox on Abortion : Sep 17, 2007
No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion

HUCKABEE: Are we being asked to apply a Mexican law to the US?

Q: It's the principle of not giving our tax dollars to organizations within our country that actively promote or provide abortions. It's an American law.

BROWNBACK: This is Ronald Reagan' policy that we wouldn't use federal funds to support organizations that promote abortions overseas.

HUNTER: It's actually a UN policy.

KEYES: Actually, it was a policy of the Mexico City Population Conference. I was the deputy chairman. I actually negotiated the language into the final resolution at that conference.

Q: I want to know, will you defund Planned Parenthood?

• HUCKABEE: Yes.
• TANCREDO: Yes.
• COX: Yes.
• BROWNBACK: Yes.
• PAUL: Yes.
• HUNTER: Yes.
• KEYES: Yes.

Sam Brownback on Abortion : Sep 17, 2007
No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion

HUCKABEE: Are we being asked to apply a Mexican law to the US?

Q: It's the principle of not giving our tax dollars to organizations within our country that actively promote or provide abortions. It's an American law.

BROWNBACK: This is Ronald Reagan' policy that we wouldn't use federal funds to support organizations that promote abortions overseas.

HUNTER: It's actually a UN policy.

KEYES: Actually, it was a policy of the Mexico City Population Conference. I was the deputy chairman. I actually negotiated the language into the final resolution at that conference.

Q: I want to know, will you defund Planned Parenthood?

• HUCKABEE: Yes.
• TANCREDO: Yes.
• COX: Yes.
• BROWNBACK: Yes.
• PAUL: Yes.
• HUNTER: Yes.
• KEYES: Yes.

Tom Tancredo on Abortion : Sep 17, 2007
No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion

HUCKABEE: Are we being asked to apply a Mexican law to the US?

Q: It's the principle of not giving our tax dollars to organizations within our country that actively promote or provide abortions. It's an American law.

BROWNBACK: This is Ronald Reagan' policy that we wouldn't use federal funds to support organizations that promote abortions overseas.

HUNTER: It's actually a UN policy.

KEYES: Actually, it was a policy of the Mexico City Population Conference. I was the deputy chairman. I actually negotiated the language into the final resolution at that conference.

Q: I want to know, will you defund Planned Parenthood?

• HUCKABEE: Yes.
• TANCREDO: Yes.
• COX: Yes.
• BROWNBACK: Yes.
• PAUL: Yes.
• HUNTER: Yes.
• KEYES: Yes.

Duncan Hunter on Abortion : Sep 17, 2007
No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion

HUCKABEE: Are we being asked to apply a Mexican law to the US?

Q: It's the principle of not giving our tax dollars to organizations within our country that actively promote or provide abortions. It's an American law.

BROWNBACK: This is Ronald Reagan' policy that we wouldn't use federal funds to support organizations that promote abortions overseas.

HUNTER: It's actually a UN policy.

KEYES: Actually, it was a policy of the Mexico City Population Conference. I was the deputy chairman. I actually negotiated the language into the final resolution at that conference.

Q: I want to know, will you defund Planned Parenthood?

• HUCKABEE: Yes.
• TANCREDO: Yes.
• COX: Yes.
• BROWNBACK: Yes.
• PAUL: Yes.
• HUNTER: Yes.
• KEYES: Yes.

Mike Huckabee on Abortion : Sep 17, 2007
No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion

HUCKABEE: Are we being asked to apply a Mexican law to the US?

Q: It's the principle of not giving our tax dollars to organizations within our country that actively promote or provide abortions. It's an American law.

BROWNBACK: This is Ronald Reagan' policy that we wouldn't use federal funds to support organizations that promote abortions overseas.

HUNTER: It's actually a UN policy.

KEYES: Actually, it was a policy of the Mexico City Population Conference. I was the deputy chairman. I actually negotiated the language into the final resolution at that conference.

Q: I want to know, will you defund Planned Parenthood?

• HUCKABEE: Yes.
• TANCREDO: Yes.
• COX: Yes.
• BROWNBACK: Yes.
• PAUL: Yes.
• HUNTER: Yes.
• KEYES: Yes.

Ron Paul on Abortion : Sep 17, 2007
No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion

HUCKABEE: Are we being asked to apply a Mexican law to the US?

Q: It's the principle of not giving our tax dollars to organizations within our country that actively promote or provide abortions. It's an American law.

BROWNBACK: This is Ronald Reagan' policy that we wouldn't use federal funds to support organizations that promote abortions overseas.

HUNTER: It's actually a UN policy.

KEYES: Actually, it was a policy of the Mexico City Population Conference. I was the deputy chairman. I actually negotiated the language into the final resolution at that conference.

Q: I want to know, will you defund Planned Parenthood?

• HUCKABEE: Yes.
• TANCREDO: Yes.
• COX: Yes.
• BROWNBACK: Yes.
• PAUL: Yes.
• HUNTER: Yes.
• KEYES: Yes.

Dennis Kucinich on Immigration : Sep 9, 2007
Promote Spanish as a second national language

A: Yes. When I was mayor of Cleveland, I made it a point to reach out to our Hispanic community in the city of Cleveland. And before that, 40 years ago, when I was a candidate for city council, it was the involvement in the Hispanic community that proved to create the circumstances for my election. So I have a deep understanding of the economic issues that people deal with.

Hillary Clinton on Immigration : Sep 6, 2007
Sanctuary cities ok; local police can't enforce immigration

A: Why do they have sanctuary cities? In large measure because if local law enforcement begins to act like immigration enforcement officers, you will hav people not reporting crimes. You will have people hiding from the police. That is a real direct threat to the personal safety and security of all the citizens. So this is a result of the failure of the federal government, and that's where it needs to be fixed.

Q: But you would allow the sanctuary cities to disobey the federal law?

A: Well, I don't think there is any choice. The local police chief trying to solve a crime might know people from the immigrant community have information about it, but they may not talk to you if they think you're also going to be enforcing the immigration laws. Local law enforcement has a different job than federal immigration enforcement. The problem is the federal government has totally abdicated its responsibility.

Barack Obama on Immigration : Sep 6, 2007
Sanctuary cities show that feds are not enforcing law

A: The federal law is not being enforced not because of failures of local communities, but because the federal government has not done the job that it needs to do.

Q: You would allow the sanctuary cities to exist?

A: What I would do as president is pass comprehensive immigration reform. And controlling our borders but also providing a rational immigration system, which we currently don't have.

Chris Dodd on Immigration : Sep 6, 2007
Sanctuary cities ok to deal with millions here already

A: [The immigration problem] was a failure of leadership again at the national level. We had an opportunity to draft an immigration law here that would have put us on the right track. We need to have a far better system to deal with the 12 to 20 million who are here illegally. If it means temporarily engaging in a sanctuary protection here, then so be it if that protects our country.

Joe Biden on Immigration : Sep 6, 2007
Sanctuary cities exist because feds can't enforce their laws

A: The reason that cities ignore the federal law is the fact that there is no funding at the federal level to provide for the kind of enforcement at the federal level you need. This administration's been fundamentally derelict in not funding any of the requirements that are needed even to enforce the existing law.

Q: So would you allow those cities to ignore the federal law?

A: No.

Bill Richardson on Immigration : Sep 6, 2007
Sanctuary cities ok until we have comprehensive policy

A: The answer is yes. The problem we have is the lack of a comprehensive immigration policy. This is a federal responsibility. We need to fix the immigration system that is broken. We need to first find ways to increase security at the border with more detection equipment, more border patrol, not this silly wall.

Dennis Kucinich on Immigration : Sep 6, 2007
Sanctuary cities follow moral law if not federal law

A: We're forgetting who we are as Americans. You have to remember the message of the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses." We're forgetting that.

Q: Would you allow these sanctuary cities to disobey the federal law?

A: Absolutely. You know what? There's a moral law here. And the moral law says that the immigrants are being used and mistreated.

Sam Brownback on War & Peace : Sep 5, 2007
Long-term US presence to defend Kurds & Sunnis

A: We don't have a political solution on the ground that works. Iraq is less a country than it is three groups held together by exterior forces. It's the Kurds in the north, the Sunni in the west, the Shia in the south, and a mixed city in Baghdad. I think we need to recognize that reality. We ought to now push for establishment of a Sunni state in the West. Still one country--but separate states. That's a political solution that you can take advantage of what the military has done on the ground. That's what we need to do to move forward now.

Q: If you do that kind of federation, how do you keep the Kurds in the north from fighting with Turkey, how do you keep the Shia from allying with Iran, and how do you keep the Sunnis from rebelling over having no oil resources?

A: How do you do it now? I mean, I think you're going to need a long-term US presence--particularly in the Kurdish region in the north and the Sunni region in the west--invited by those governments.

Mitt Romney on Immigration : Sep 5, 2007
FactCheck: NYC never declared itself a "sanctuary city"

Rudy Giuliani on Gun Control : Sep 5, 2007
NYC gun control laws made NYC safest big city in US

A: I would say to them the FBI would disagree with that. New York City was, during the years that I was mayor, the safest large city in the United States. For example, in Boston, there was a 59% greater chance you'd be the victim of a crime than in New York City. In many other cities, there was 100% to 300% greater chance that you'd be a victim of a crime than in New York City. One of the things I accomplished as mayor of New York City was the impossible. I took a city that was the crime capital of America, and I made it not only the safest large city in America, I made it safer than 189 small cities. So, I mean, people have their right to their own feelings. The reality is, you were safer in New York than just about any other city in the United States after I was mayor for about three or four years.

Rudy Giuliani on Budget & Economy : Sep 5, 2007
I took over NYC in fiscal crisis;then reduced taxes 23 times

When I came into office, I took over a city with a massive fiscal crisis. I took over a city with a massive crime crisis. We were on the front page of Time magazine as the rotting of the Big Apple. And I turned over a city that was the safest city in America, just about. I turned over a city that where we had reduced taxes 23 times. I turned over a government that George Will said was the most conservative government of anyone in the last 50 years. And I turned over a city where people had hope that hadn't had hope before.

And before that, I was the third ranking official in the Justice Department. I've had a great deal of experience; I think it's the kind of experience that helps to prepare you for president, if there's any experience that does.

Rudy Giuliani on Immigration : Sep 5, 2007
Declared NYC a sanctuary city, and crime fell

ROMNEY: I authorized our state police to enforce the law in sanctuary cities.

Q: [to Giuliani]: You said in 1994: "If you come here and you work hard and you happen to be in an undocumented status, you're one of the people who we want in this city. You're somebody that we want to protect, and we want you to get out from under what is often a life of being a fugitive."

GIULIANI: I had 400,000 illegal immigrants, roughly, in NYC. And I had a city that was the crime capital of America. I didn't have the luxury of political rhetoric. So I said: If you are an illegal immigrant in NYC & a crime is committed against you, I want you to report it. My policies led to a city that was the safest large city in the country, so they must have been sensible policies

Mitt Romney on Immigration : Sep 5, 2007
Reduce federal funding to sanctuary cities

ROMNEY: Governors aren't responsible for mayors who are not following the law. And, actually, in my case, as soon as I learned about a program in the department of ICE that we could have our state police authorized to enforce the law, I did just that so that in sanctuary cities in our state--and nonsanctuary cities--the law would be enforced. But this is a place where Mayor Giuliani and I just simply disagree. I think we should reduce federal funding to cities that call themselves sanctuary cities. I think saying as he did, if you happen to be an undocumented alien, we want you in New York, we'll protect you in New York, I think that contributed to 3 million illegals in this country becoming 12 million illegals coming into this country.

Dennis Kucinich on Principles & Values : Aug 19, 2007
Decisive moment: living as child out of family car

A: I would say the decisive moment in my life was when my family was living in a car in the inner city and I thought about all the dreams that I could have as a child. And I decided, at an early age, that I was going to be someone. As president, the American people will have someone who remembers where he came from and has the compassion in his heart to lift up everyone to make sure everyone has a chance.

Mike Gravel on Civil Rights : Aug 9, 2007
Civil union establish second-class citizenship for gays

A: I know that Rep. Barney Frank initially said that they should have not gone for it. I disagree. But now he's changed his position. He feels that you draw a line in the sand by telling people that you can't use the word marriage, which, of course, has been misappropriated by religion. Go to the City Hall next time and look for where you go get your license. Does it say Gay Same Sex Union or does it say Marriage License Bureau? It says Marriage License. What you have to recognize is that when people are telling you that you can't be married, what they're telling you is there's something wrong with you, you're second-class citizens, and that's not so. You're not second-class citizens, and the sooner our nation matures to that level [the better]. Leadership is the task of bringing us forward to civic maturity, and we don't have enough of that leadership at the presidential level.

Mike Gravel on Health Care : Aug 9, 2007
Need to do better job on treating Americans with HIV

A: The obvious answer is that we need to do a better job on health care. We need to do a better job with respect to how we treat Americans. I feel very deeply.

Barack Obama on Jobs : Aug 7, 2007
Chicago's Soldier Field stadium construction created jobs

A: Absolutely, it was the right call because it put a whole bunch of Illinois folks to work, strong labor jobs were created in this stadium, and at the same time, we created an enormous opportunity for economic growth throughout the city of Chicago. And that's good for the state of Illinois.

Rudy Giuliani on Technology : Aug 5, 2007
Lower taxes AND fix infrastructure

A: There's an assumption in your question that is not necessarily correct; the Democratic, liberal assumption: "I need money; I raise taxes."

Q: Then what are you going to cut?

A: The way to do it sometimes is to reduce taxes and raise more money. For example, I ran a city with 759 bridges; some of the most used bridges in the world. I was able to acquire more money to fund capital programs. I reduced the number of poor bridges from 5% to 1.7%. I was able to raise more money to fix those bridges by lowering taxes. I lowered income taxes by 25%. I was collecting 40% more from the lower income tax than from the higher income tax. We should put more money into infrastructure. We should have a good program for doing it. But the kneejerk liberal Democratic reaction--raise taxes to get money--very often is a very big mistake.

Fred Thompson on Homeland Security : Aug 3, 2007
Al Qaeda intends to put a mushroom cloud over a US city

So I ask you, even though we won't be going around in the woods trying to find any bears to kill, sometimes the bear visits you whether you're looking for it or not. And when that time comes, and hopefully civilization will realize they're fighting the forces of destruction and darkness. Who is going to stand firm and stand strong and stand united, if it's not the USA?

Joe Biden on Civil Rights : Jul 31, 2007
1968: Wilmington riots failed at conversation between races

Seven months after the rioting, Gov. Terry refused to call off the Guard. News cameras would show up to do stories about the only city where the Guard was still patrolling black neighborhoods. The white citizens were almost all happy to have the Guard there. They were afraid riots might ignite in the ghetto and spread. They were afraid Wilmington's police force wasn't big enough to keep it contained.

In the black neighborhoods of East Wilmington residents were afraid. Guardsmen were prowling the streets with loaded weapons. Curfews were in effect. The news had a way of making these stories seem like a conversation between the races, but I knew blacks & whites weren't talking to each other.

Rudy Giuliani on Tax Reform : Jul 27, 2007
FactCheck: Cut 14 NYC taxes, not 23 as claimed

In fact, he strongly opposed one of the largest cuts for which he claims credit, reversing himself only after a 5-month standoff with the city council. In addition, the ad's claim that Giuliani turned the budget deficit he inherited into a surplus, while true enough, ignores the fact that he also left a multibillion-dollar deficit for his successor, not including costs associated with 9/11.

We don't dispute that all 23 cuts happened while Giuliani was mayor. But by saying "I lowered them," he takes personal credit for 8 cuts that were initiated not by him but by the state, After our initial article appeared, in an interview posted on YouTube, the mayor said he deserves credit for tax cuts he supported, whether he initiated them or not.

Chris Dodd on Environment : Jul 23, 2007
Bush's lack of Katrina response was shameful

The question points to one of the most dark and shameful moments in recent past history in our country-- the fact that a major American city went through a natural disaster, and the president had almost no response whatsoever. In fact, today still, the problem persists, to make sure the people of New Orleans can get back in their homes. I believe that had this occurred in a place with mainly a white population, we would have seen a much more rapid response and a consistent response to that issue. We can never, ever allow again a major population center in our country go through what the Gulf states did as a result of neglect from an American president. In fact, it should have been [prevented] ahead of time, to have a FEMA operation that was prepared to respond to these predictable disasters. So it's a mark of shame on our country. It ought to be reversed.

Bill Richardson on Environment : Jul 23, 2007
Lack of Katrina response by our government was inexcusable

A: Well, there was politics. All of a sudden, other states that had the similar devastation got better treatment, like Mississippi. This is what I would do. The response of our government to Katrina, before, during and after, was inexcusable. We have got to eliminate in the future any red tape that helps the devastation. Secondly, we have to let those that live there to come back first, instead of big moneyed interests. We have to stop the predatory lending of insurance companies, housing and many others that are ripping off the people. And then, finally, we have to make sure that a president cares--and doesn't just pose for photo ops, but makes a difference and a commitment to rebuild that city and that region.

Rudy Giuliani on Homeland Security : Jul 18, 2007
FactCheck: Radio failure PARTLY responsible for 9/11 deaths

We agree that Giuliani bears some responsibility for the widely documented failings of the fire department's radio communications on 9/11. It is true that the effective functioning of the fire department is a major responsibility of any mayor, and Giuliani had been in office since 1994. However, the video goes too far when it implies that bad radio communication was the ONLY reason that 121 firefighters failed to clear the North Tower of the Trade Center after the first tower collapsed. To the contrary, the 9/11 Commission stated in its final report that the technical failure of fire department radios "was not the primary cause of the many firefighter fatalities in the North Tower."

Rudy Giuliani on Homeland Security : Jul 18, 2007
AdWatch: Firefighters Union blames Giuliani for 9/11 deaths

NARRATOR: At 9:32 am on Sept. 11th, Chief Callan ordered all FDNY members in the North Tower to the lobby. He repeated the command, but not a single company answered. At 9:59 the South Tower collapsed. FDNY's Chief Pfeifer then repeated the order for all units to evacuate the North Tower. Firefighters had 56 minutes after the first call and 29 minutes after the second order to get out. While all police officers left the building, 121 firefighters never made it out.

FDNY DEPUTY CHIEF JIM RICHES: That day my son was working, and they didn't hear the call, 121 guys didn't hear the call in the North Tower to get out, and they, and the police officers heard it, 'cause their radios worked, and ours didn't.

[The IAFF video logged more than 173,000 viewings on YouTube and was the subject of wide news coverage. It has been compared to ads run by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004.]

Bill Richardson on Gun Control : Jul 12, 2007
Attack poverty at the core of gun violence

A: I believe the key to reducing gun violence, which is a scourge in our cities and all over America, is to have strong instant background checks, to keep guns away from those that shouldn't have them, those with criminal backgrounds, those that have mentally ill problems. But the key in eliminating gun violence is eliminating poverty, eliminating hate. What I would do as president is I would dramatically increase the minimum wage. I would expand child care. I would expand the earned income tax credit. I would have programs in this country to deal with those that are incarcerated, rehabilitation, treatment, education. Gun violence is a scourge, but we have to attack the core and that is poverty.

Joe Biden on Crime : Jul 12, 2007
Authored crime bill to put 100,000 cops on street

Joe Biden on Drugs : Jul 12, 2007
Most violent crime is related to drugs

Secondly, what we do is we also have a notion here where instead of putting them through this process, we should put them through the drug courts. I'm the guy that authored that drug court policy. We should divert them into treatment.

You want to stop death in your neighborhood, take drugs of the corner. You want to take drugs off the corner, take them out of the prison system and put them into treatment.

Barack Obama on Government Reform : Jul 12, 2007
Registered 150,000 new minority voters in Chicago in 1992

A: You know, when I moved to Chicago to organize minority communities, I saw what happened when folks don't have enough political power. So when I got out of law school, I organized the voter registration drive and we registered 150,000 new voters in 1992. Then I became a civil rights attorney, enforcing voting rights against the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois.

Bill Richardson on Education : Jul 12, 2007
Supreme Court backstabbed equality of Brown v. Board of Ed

A: The Supreme Court backstabbed the principles of equality in the Brown v. Board of Education. You know what I would do? I would take Supreme Court justices that voted the wrong way. I would take them to an inner city school to see for themselves how they have destroyed the equality in our schools.

Dennis Kucinich on Gun Control : Jul 12, 2007
We have babies dying in the streets; ban handguns

A: I was mayor of Cleveland and I grew up in the city and you could sometimes hear gunshots as part of the music of the night. We know that there's a Virginia Tech happening in this country every day. At least 32 people are killed every day with handguns. We know that over a period of 100 days, as many people are killed by handguns as died in 9/11 in this country. We know that there is a crisis of public safety and security. We have babies dying in the streets because of these handguns. Now, we've got to give a direct answer. It is time that we ban handguns. We have to do that in order to protect our cities. It is time that we took a position that says that the 14th Amendment, you know, that right to life, liberty, is just as important as the 2nd Amendment. It's time that we took a stand on behalf of the health and safety of the American people and, as president, I'm ready to do that

Hillary Clinton on Immigration : Jun 3, 2007
Making English official imperils crises needing translators

Bill Richardson on Principles & Values : May 27, 2007
Offered MLB contract, but mistakenly called that drafted

A: At the time, the draft was just starting. I was offered a contract, $25,000, by a Houston Colts scout. So I assumed that I had been drafted. And then when I played in the Cape Cod League as a pitcher, my arm was already starting to go because I'd thrown too many curveballs. I made a mistake. I should have checked. But I was a decent player until I was about 21.

Q: You spent a lot of time in Massachusetts. Are you a Red Sox fan?

Q: I'm a Red Sox fan.

Q: But, now, governor, this is very serious. In your book on page 18 you said "Because of Mickey Mantle, I became a Yankee fan."

Q: I was asked, "If you weren't running for president, what would you rather be?" I said I would like to be number seven, Mickey Mantle, playing center field for the New York Yankees. But my favorite team has always been the Red Sox.

Rudy Giuliani on Gun Control : May 14, 2007
Supported nationwide licensing & assault weapons ban

A: I did everything I could as mayor o New York City to reduce crime. And the strategy against guns, both civil and criminal, was very aggressive.

Q: But that wasn't just tough in New York City, it was tough around the nation.

A: But so was the strategy I utilized in New York City on everything. I was criticized for being too aggressive about the enforcement of the laws, including the gun laws. But the reality is I began with the city that was the crime capital of America. When I left, it was the safest large city in America.

Rudy Giuliani on Budget & Economy : May 14, 2007
Taught NYC how to use principles of fiscal conservatism

A: Sure, big time. Compare that to other states and the federal government during that period of time, and it was about the lowest growth in government. It was below inflation & the growth of the economy. It was about the only government that was able to accomplish that. I lowered taxes, because I lowered the growth of spending in ways nobody else had ever done compared to other states, other governments And actually, the reduction in welfare was 640,000. And you have to see it in the context in which I did it. I did it in the context of a place that never did it before. I had to teach New York City how to use principles of fiscal conservatism.

Rudy Giuliani on Abortion : May 7, 2007
Giuliani donated to Planned Parenthood throughout 1990s

Federal tax returns show that he and his then-wife, Donna Hanover, made personal donations to national, state and city chapters of Planned Parenthood totaling $900 in 1993, 1994, 1998 and 1999. The returns have been on the public record for years, but the detail about Giuliani's support for Planned Parenthood was provided to The Politico by aides to a rival campaign, who insisted on not being identified.

Planned Parenthood was founded in NYC in 1916. They performed 264,943 abortions in 2005. In addition to providing abortions, the organization also provides birth control, emergency contraception, testing for STDs and other gynecological services.

Rudy Giuliani on Principles & Values : May 3, 2007
Optimism returns us to "morning in America"

A: We get back to it with optimism. When I became mayor, 65% thought New York City was going on the wrong track. I set policies and programs of growth, of moving people toward prosperity, security, safety. What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan, since we are in his library, is that great sense of optimism that he had. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down. And we're a country that people love to come to, they want to come to this country with a shining city on the hill. So we should solve our illegal immigration issue from our strengths, not our weaknesses. We're a country that has the greatest health care system in the world. It's flawed, it needs to be fixed, but we should fix it from our strengths. We shouldn't turn it into socialized medicine. Those are the things that Ronald Reagan taught us: You lead from optimism. You lead from hope, and we should never retreat in the face of terrorism.

Rudy Giuliani on Welfare & Poverty : May 3, 2007
Moving people off welfare reduces crime

A: There's a great deal that I learned and a great deal that I regret during the time I was mayor, and a great deal I was very, very satisfied with. I tried very, very hard to treat everyone in New York City the same. We reduced crime by 67 percent. Some of the biggest beneficiaries of that would have been in the poorer neighborhoods of New York City, not necessarily the African-American community but a lot of the communities of New York City. And I worked very, very hard to try to move hundreds of thousands of people out of welfare. We actually followed Tommy Thompson's program, and we had the most successful welfare-to-work program in the country. We moved 660,000 people off welfare. And I think one of the reasons that crime is still down in New York today.

Rudy Giuliani on Health Care : May 2, 2007
96,000 NYC children insured via HealthStat initiative

Joe Biden on War & Peace : Apr 29, 2007
Partitioning Iraq is inevitable, as shown by history

A: Basically, Baker's in a minority. Henry Kissinger & Madeleine Albright have signed onto the plan. If you look at the Baker report, it goes on to say "We may get where Biden is talking about." Guess what? We're getting there. What is this administration implicitly acknowledging by building a wall? They're building a wall, and they're talking about a centralized government? There's never been a time in history where there's been a self-sustaining cycle of sectarian violence that has ended even remotely reasonably without a federated system. Never. What for the 1st time in history is different? There's an inevitability to what I'm talking about.

John Edwards on Welfare & Poverty : Apr 2, 2007
Housing vouchers, not housing projects

Mitt Romney on Principles & Values : Mar 12, 2007
Salvaged Olympic games from financial and scandal disaster

The significance of Romney's Olympic stewardship for Romney's presidential bid is much more in the stories he tells of the Games than in the awful numbers he and his colleagues confronted and reversed. Romney has got a box of business stories, but they cannot compare with the planning for the torch relay, or the tale of tempting the Today Show with a promise of a Romney run on the skeleton sled.

Chris Dodd on War & Peace : Mar 4, 2007
Regrets new strategy in Baghdad and Anbar; get Iraqis in

A: Well, they're going to get it, apparently, but I regret it. I was [in Iraq] in December, and [people there] really felt that injection of a force of US military in these large, urban areas did not make much sense at all [and that task should be done by Iraqi forces]. Obviously, this is a civil war going on, and expecting US forces to be a referee in civil war in large urban areas doesn't make a lot of sense to many people. So I regret we're taking this step. I don't think it's going to work. I think it's going to be incumbent upon the Iraqis themselves to pull this together. Their political leaders in the country to sit down and work this out, and frankly, if that doesn't happen, our military presence there isn't going to achieve it for them. So, I regret we're taking this step.

Chris Dodd on War & Peace : Feb 21, 2007
Re-deploy out of refereeing a civil war

A: We ought to begin redeploying forces immediately out of those highly densely-populated areas in Baghdad. We could be doing things like border security, training Iraqi soldiers and policemen to do the job for themselves; providing some effort in counterterrorism--I think would be a legitimate use of those people. But don't put our men and women in uniform into these highly densely-populated urban areas where they're nothing more than referees in a civil war.

Rudy Giuliani on Gun Control : Feb 11, 2007
Gun control reduces urban crime; no effect on hunting

Rudy Giuliani on Principles & Values : Jan 16, 2007
Legacy is safer, cleaner, economically viable NYC

To watch Giuliani speak an 80-minute State of the City address was exhausting but impressive. While most politicians in that situation would read a speech for 20 or 30 minutes, he would speak into a mike, without a podium, a prompter, or notes for 80 minutes. As he spoke, the mayor gathered steam saying, "We should be ashamed that we don't have the political courage to take on the unions, the special interests, and everything else." Then, as if to affirm his place in history despite his low approval rating, he displayed two contrasting blowups of Time magazine covers, published a decade apart. The first, from 1990, bore the legend, "The Rotting of the Big Apple," while the second, dated Jan. 11, 2000 featured a photo of the massive millennium Times Square celebration that had taken place only days earlier in a cleaner, more economically viable New York City.

Rudy Giuliani on Crime : Jan 16, 2007
Prosecuted Miss America for fraud (and lost)

Rudy had been told this is an unwinnable case. Clearly, their strategy was to throw me to the wolves. I never met Rudy; though I knew he was heavily involved. It was one of his pet projects because he wanted to run for mayor and what could be better than bringing down a judge, a Mafia contractor, and Miss America, Koch's "girlfriend," in one swoop?

Chris Dodd on War & Peace : Jan 14, 2007
Withdraw troops; more troops do not bring more security

A: No, no one's suggested pulling out quickly here. 17,000 young Americans injected into the city of Baghdad of six million people with Sunnis fighting Shias, Shias fighting Sunnis, where you have Baathists and you have insurgents and maybe some al-Qaeda elements, all of this competing for power in that country, and expecting this increase to solve that problem, I think is terribly misguided.

Q: Would you start withdrawing troops this year?

A: I would. I think you can bring down those numbers.

Q:But if you take troops out of Iraq, don't you make it less secure?

A: Not necessarily at all. This is the false assumption that somehow more troops bring you more security. I think you need to get away from that premise.

Rudy Giuliani on Principles & Values : Dec 1, 2006
Founds SolutionsAmerica PAC to help elect strong Republicans

Rudy Giuliani on Homeland Security : Nov 23, 2006
Democrats don't support military the way Republicans do

Rudy Giuliani on War & Peace : Nov 23, 2006
Withdrawal from Iraq encourages future terror attacks

Rudy Giuliani on Immigration : Nov 7, 2006
Supports Senate guest worker plan & path to citizenship

Sam Brownback on Civil Rights : Jan 11, 2006
Robustly religious public square better than naked square

ALITO: Including both religious and secular symbols was not a violation.

BROWNBACK: What I hear in your opinions is you would rather have a robust public square than a naked public square; that you think there is room for these sorts of displays in the public square.

ALITO: That was exactly what Jersey City had decided in that case.

BROWNBACK: We've had this 40 years of cases, I really hope we can have a public square that celebrates and not that's got to be completely naked. [What about] C.H. v. Olivia?

ALITO: This case involved a student who wanted to read the story of Jacob and Esau to the class. And the teacher said no. And we found that was a violation of treating religious speech equally with secular speech.

Rudy Giuliani on Homeland Security : Dec 18, 2005
Fervently supported reauthorization of the Patriot Act

"It is simply false to claim, as some of its critics do, that this bill does not respond to concerns about civil liberties. The four-year extension of the Patriot Act, as passed by the House, would not only reauthorize the expiring provisions, it would also make a number of common-sense clarifications and add dozens of additional civil liberties safeguards. Given these improvements, there is simply no compelling argument for going backward in the fight against terrorism."

Barack Obama on Education : Sep 28, 2004
Sponsored legislations that recruit and reward good teachers

Mitt Romney on Principles & Values : Aug 25, 2004
$99M in deferred payments from State of Utah paid for SLOC

But, there was nothing to do but approach Utah to ask for forbearance. I knew it would not be easy. The whole point of the state payment schedule was to guarantee that Utah taxpayers would get their money out first. But if we did not keep the bank line of credit, we would not have Games and if we did not have Games, the cities and towns would get zero. Give the forbearance and the cities and towns had a shot at the whole $99 million. The legislature eventually approved the deferral.

John Edwards on Homeland Security : Aug 10, 2004
Make better use of the National Guard

Barack Obama on Welfare & Poverty : Jul 29, 2004
Welfare receipts know how to become successful but need help

Barack Obama on Civil Rights : Jul 25, 2004
African-Americans vote Democratic because of issue stances

Barack Obama on Education : May 2, 2004
Will add 25,000 teachers in high-need areas

Dennis Kucinich on Budget & Economy : Jan 11, 2004
WPA-type program will create jobs and rebuild America

A: The truth of the matter is that we should have a full-employment economy. With the government, the employer of last resort, there ought to be jobs, enough jobs for all who want to work. And as president, I will create a full-employment economy by sponsoring a WPA-type program, which will rebuild America's cities and rural communities, new bridges, water systems, sewer systems, new energy systems, put millions of people back to work.

Dennis Kucinich on Technology : Nov 4, 2003
Rebuild cities to prevent urban sprawl

A: We must create sustainable, livable communities. This means city planning becomes a matter of urgent concern. Urban sprawl has created duplication of infrastructure and services. Cities have such great potential for economic and social growth. As a former mayor, I intend to lead the resurgence of cities through rebuilding America's schools, bridges, sewer & water systems and through building new transportation and energy systems. I will lead the discussion on sustainability through working to preserve our farm lands and through protecting the interests of family farmers. I want to see great resources focused on rebuilding our cities and our neighborhoods and thereby creating a new sense of community in America.

John Edwards on Welfare & Poverty : Oct 27, 2003
My "Cities Rising" plan is to help urban America

EDWARDS: I have a plan called Cities Rising. The idea is to bring jobs to urban America. Let's create incentives for new businesses, incentives for existing businesses. Second, to do something about public school systems. First, pay teachers better. Second, give bonus pay to teachers who will teach in schools in less-advantaged areas. And create wealth for things like homeownership.

Dennis Kucinich on Technology : Oct 27, 2003
Stimulate economy with massive new WPA-type program

KUCINICH: My economic strategy would be working to rebuild cities with a massive new WPA-type program. My economic policies will work toward universal health care, which will inspire further growth in the economy; universal pre-kindergarten, which will enable parents to be able to have their children ages 3, 4 and 5 for a five-day-a-week child-care program, saving families between $5,000 and $7,000 per child.

Dennis Kucinich on Jobs : Sep 4, 2003
Rebuild infrastructure with a program like FDR's WPA

Dennis Kucinich on Principles & Values : Aug 1, 2003
Sacrificed political career to save city utility ownership

Dennis Kucinich on Corporations : May 3, 2003
Cleveland's bankruptcy was hard decision but right decision

KUCINICH: In Cleveland, that default ends up being a badge of honor for me, because I stood up for the people of Cleveland against a takeover of our municipal electric system by a utility monopoly. Now imagine a president who's willing to stand up to the Enrons of America. Imagine a president who's willing to stand up to the monopolies in energy and in health care and in transportation and communication. Imagine a president who comes from the cities and will fight for working men and women and will fight for the poor. I have every expectation that I'll be the next president of the United States because when the test came, I put my career on the line to save a municipal electric system for the people of Cleveland. And today people of Cleveland know that I did the right thing. And soon America will know that as well.

Rudy Giuliani on Education : Oct 1, 2002
Cut city funding for offensive art at Brooklyn Museum

There was an important First Amendment issue at stake. I believed that the mayor should never have the right to stop anyone from making a statement of any kind. People have a right to free expression. If they were to create offensive art on their own property, using their own funds, and someone were to attack them for doing it, the mayor would be obliged to protect them, and so would the police. But I believe there is a difference between protecting someone's right to desecrate a religious image and being required to fund that desecration using tax dollars from the very people it offends.

Rudy Giuliani on Homeland Security : Oct 1, 2002
Led New York City through the events of 9/11

While mayor, I made it my policy to see with my own eyes the scene of every crisis so I could evaluate it firsthand. As shocking as this crash was, we had actually planned for just such a catastrophe. My administration had built a state-of-the-art command center on the 23rd floor of 7 WTC, just north of the twin towers. So that's where we headed.

My first assumption was that it was some nut flying a small plane. Then the 2nd plane hit. All I saw was a big flash of fire. This convinced us it was terrorism.

I immediately devised two priorities. We had to set up a new command center [further from the twin towers]. And we had to find a way to communicate with people in the city. [We spent the day accomplishing those two priorities, which continued 24/7 for several days.]

Rudy Giuliani on Homeland Security : Oct 1, 2002
Would personally execute Bin Laden for attacking NYC

I told him, "If you catch this guy, Bin Laden, I would like to be the one to execute him." I am sure he thought I was just speaking rhetorically, but I was serious. Bin Laden had attacked my city and as its mayor I had the strong feeling that I was the most appropriate person to do it.

Rudy Giuliani on Government Reform : Oct 1, 2002
Applied "reinventing government" to New York City

The ideas about "reinventing government" found in the book of the same name by David Osborne and Ted Gaebler proved extremely useful: as much as possible, I tried to run the city as a business, using business principles to impose accountability on government. Objective, measurable indicators of success allow governments to be accountable, and I relentlessly pursued that idea.

I am not above using good ideas that originate from places on might not expect me to mine. I expanded several programs that [Democratic mayors] had implemented.

Mitt Romney on Abortion : Mar 20, 2002
Personally against abortion, but pro-choice as governor

"On a personal basis, I don't favor abortion," he said. "However, as governor of the commonwealth, I will protect a woman's right to choose under the laws of the country and the commonwealth. That's the same position I've had for many years."

John Cox on Crime : Feb 25, 2002
Morally opposed to death penalty, even for Tim McVeigh

John Cox argues the moratorium is illegal. Cox has said he is so morally opposed to the death penalty that he does not think Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh should have been executed.

Rudy Giuliani on Civil Rights : Feb 16, 2001
Anti-Catholic art is disgusting; appoints decency council

“I think what they did is disgusting, it’s outrageous,” Giuliani said, adding that anti-Catholicism “is accepted in our city and in our society.” Giuliani is appointing a task force “that can set decency standards for those institutions that are using the taxpayers’ money.“

In 1999, the museum’s ”Sensation“ show featured an elephant dung-embellished Virgin Mary. The mayor froze the museum’s annual $7.2 million city subsidy, then sued in state court to evict the museum. A judge ruled that the city had violated the First Amendment and restored the funding. This time, Giuliani said he would go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, whose decisions he said are based on ”showing decency and respect for religion.“

Al Gore on Environment : Oct 31, 2000
Texas is the smoggiest state with the smoggiest city in US

“It would take years & years of development, which would cause decades of environmental damage, to reap just a few months of increased oil supply,” he said. “I don’t believe we can build and sustain prosperity by despoiling our environment.

Al Gore on Environment : Oct 11, 2000
A clean environment and a healthy economy do not conflict

GORE: Holding on to the old argument that the environment and the economy are in conflict is really outdated. The governor is for letting the oil companies into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Houston’s just become the smoggiest city in the country and Texas is No. 1 in industrial pollution. I will fight for a clean environment in ways that strengthen our economy.

Al Gore on Environment : Jul 12, 2000
Pass bipartisan legislation to revitalize contaminated sites

Al Gore on Environment : Jun 29, 2000
Clean up and improve existing bus & rail systems

Rudy Giuliani on Gun Control : Jun 26, 2000
NYC sued two dozen major gun manufacturers and distributors

Al Gore on Welfare & Poverty : Apr 16, 2000
Investing in inner cities is good deed & good business

Hillary Clinton on Education : Mar 12, 2000
Scholarships for teachers who go to urban schools

Rudy Giuliani on Education : Mar 11, 2000
Sell Board of Ed HQ to shrink it

Rudy Giuliani on Energy & Oil : Feb 17, 2000
Open Strategic Petroleum Reserve to battle high oil prices

Al Gore on Education : Jan 17, 2000
Increase public school aid by 50% instead of vouchers

Rudy Giuliani on Education : Jan 13, 2000
Improve schools by taking on the unions & special interests

Rudy Giuliani on Budget & Economy : Jan 13, 2000
Economic development requires maintenance

Rudy Giuliani on Crime : Jan 13, 2000
Need DNA Lab to Combat Crime

Rudy Giuliani on Crime : Jan 13, 2000
Home ownership decreases crime

Rudy Giuliani on Crime : Dec 9, 1999
Crime cut in half in NYC

Rudy Giuliani on Budget & Economy : Dec 9, 1999
Entertainment revitalization contributes to economy

• The City unveiled plans for Hudson River Studios, a new television & film complex, in SoHo. This project will help to expand our ever-growing television and film industry, which in turn contributes to both private sector job growth and the City’s economy.
• In 1998, NYC continued its record-breaking success in film & television. Both industries contributed a total of $2.57 billion to the City’s economy. The City has gained a reputation as the “Hollywood of the East.”
• The Mayor reached an agreement with the NY Yankees to bring a Minor League affiliate to Staten Island. The Staten Island Yankees will open this year at the Staten Island College baseball field.
• The City made plans to build the first golf course in 35 years. The new course will be located along the East River in the Bronx. The city will make all facilities accessible to the general public.

Rudy Giuliani on Tax Reform : Dec 9, 1999
Supports Task Force to continue reduce taxes

• In 1998 the City’s tax burden has fallen to 7.8% as a share of personal income -- lower than in the years leading up to the fiscal crisis in the early 1990’s.
• The creation of the Tax Reform Task Force will look to further reduce the tax burden on New Yorkers. The Task Force’s goal is to make the tax structure in New York City and State more competitive with other large cities and to study ways of streamlining the number of taxes levied on businesses and individuals.
• To assist the Task Force, the City has reserved another $100 million for tax reductions.
• With tax cuts already enacted and those proposed ($338 million), taxpayer savings will double from $1 billion to $2 billion annually.

Rudy Giuliani on Tax Reform : Dec 9, 1999
NYC tax reductions of $10.4B through 2003

Rudy Giuliani on Budget & Economy : Dec 9, 1999
Record tourism based on revitalization

Rudy Giuliani on Principles & Values : Dec 9, 1999
Campaign theme: Transformation of NYC

Rudy Giuliani on Budget & Economy : Dec 9, 1999
Fiscal responsibility turned $2B deficit into $2B surplus

Rudy Giuliani on Education : Dec 9, 1999
$50M for more art teachers & art programs

Rudy Giuliani on Education : Dec 9, 1999
Reading projects offer tutoring & improve test score

Partners in Reading operates at more than 100 New York City Housing Authority community centers, reaching out to more than 5,300 children. Teachers, parents and community residents offer their free time to strengthen the reading, writing and communication skills of our city’s youths.

Rudy Giuliani on Jobs : Dec 9, 1999
305,000 jobs created during Rudy’s tenure