Subway series: Giuliani v. Clinton.
Many pundits are holding the contention that the 2008 presidential election will be “a knockdown, punch em in the nose campaign” between New York Senator, Hillary Clinton, and former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani. The two had faced off in the 2000 campaign for the Senate before Giuliani withdrew from the race citing health concerns and other personal matters. Most polls show the two are running neck and neck in the state, with some viewing Clinton as the favorable alternative to Giuliani, who many see as out of step with the moral conservatives of the Republican party. Many who observe and comment on the campaigns see “an overabundance of New York attitude” in the anticipated match up. It was unclear as to whether Clinton’s last minute citizen bid to the State of New York in order to run for Senate qualifies her as being a New Yorker by standards of many in the state.