Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the Republican Party ought to start preparing now for a White House run against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with this golden rule in mind: Don’t be mean.
“The wrong way [to campaign against her] is to be too aggressive and be too mean, and to ever get personal,” he said in an interview with Politico. “The right way to do it is on policy and on true contribution.”
Mr. Giuliani said Republicans should focus entirely on her resume and hone in especially on her policies.
“She’s a candidate who, with her baggage, can be beaten by the right candidate who handles it the right way and by the right campaign,” Mr. Giuliani said, the New York Daily News reported.
Among some of his suggestions: Hit her hard on her failed first lady push to reform health care, as well as her responses to the Sept. 11, 2012, terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
“As a secretary of state, she traveled the world, and I would argue every place she traveled, maybe an exception here or there that don’t mean very much, is in worse shape today than it was then,” he said, the New York Daily News reported.
Mr. Giuliani also weighed in on N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, saying he’s “got a charm and a thing that draws you to him that’s terrific.”
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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