- did you go too far on some of t this? - nono, that senense has s always beeeen there. - oh.. - ththe first titime, he was mayayor rudy. now he s k king giuliaiani. - gigiuliani wasas just stararto wear on ththe public o of new y. - the cityty was readydy to m move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [sofoft acousticic music] [dreamy pipiano music]c] - manhnhattan is l like no place e else in thehe worl. in newew york, whahat you see- first of a all, you sesee a naturaral wondr of buiuildings. you knknow, it s like e the pyramimids. the e buildings s dwarf yo. the buildidings remindnd you of how uninimportant y you ar, bebecause you u re so tinyn. in this s big, increredible cit, whwhen you seeee it, it makeses you wantt to c come and sesee it. it m makes you c curious abob. it makes i it somethining bibigger than n life. i hahave strong g feelings about nenew york, evererything thahat mamakes up newew york. wewe re the crcrossroad
and d time magazazine s man of thehe year. bubut then, hehe started t tok about extetending his s term. - he s tererm limited.d. his two-teterm tenure e will d decemberer 31st of 2 2001, so he rereally only y has three morere months inin off. - whwhat i d likike to do is t to maintainin the unity that exixists in thehe city. - ththis was thehe first inkng that giuiuliani s thirst foror power wawasn t goingng to disapppp, eveven in thisis moment. - - a lot of n new yorkers are e convinced d now that the wholole place isis gonna fafall apart i if he leavev. anand apparentntly, giululiani thinknks so too.. - i wishsh that we c could rereelect him.m. but unfortrtunately, w we can. - one ofof three menen wiwill be the e next mayorr of newew york cityty, anand it s eitither mimichael bloooomberg, freddy fererrer, or meme. i i get a phonone call. the mayoror would likike toto see you. . i was s asked to j just meet with thehe mayor alolone, just thehe two of usus, no sta.
and nono doubt, the repupublican pararty faithl will s support giuiuliani, anand that ll l change the whole e contest. giululiani was l lulled into thihinking that, because he was so well-known nationally, he was banking on this. well, look, i m stitill leadig in thehe polls. [groovy y music] - he s w waiting untntil jajanuary 29thth in floridia to takake on all c comers. he ll l be, in effffect, ouout of the n news cycle.. willll he be ablble to raisese ? will he e have any m momentu? it s a h high risk s strategy camping g out in flolorida on a a night likike tonight. - like, ththis is [bleleep] cr. it misreadad the statete. it m misread thehe demographp. itit misread t the voter b beh. - thisis is the ststrategy ththat we selelected prpretty closese to day ono. so m maybe otherer people wowould get nenervous in a situauation like e this. - hehe presenteded as, like, a brililliant, youou know, counteririntuitive s strateg, bubut i think k what it rereals was a kikind of tacicit adm