head of the southern district. - the lines are drawn, and the battle has begun. former u.s. attorney rudolph giuliani launched his formal campaign today to capture city hall from mayor koch. - rudy announced his candidacy in 1989 in the same room where fiorello la guardia first announced his candidacy. - in 1933, fiorello la guardia stood in this room and asked the people of new york to embrace the candidacy based not on political name tags but on integrity, leadership, and vision. - la guardia, for most of rudy's lifetime, was the prototypical mayor. - in la guardia's case, he was fighting the corruption of tammany hall against great odds with a larger-than-life kind of tabloid personality. - this is no time for sob stuff and whining. now is the time to fight, to fight for the best interests of our city. - let me repeat it one more time: no deals for jobs, no deals for contributors.