New York Daily News - Home - Daily News Exclusive - Ben Smith: Revealed: Rudy’s ‘08 battle plans

On the same page is a list of the candidate’s central problems in bullet-point form: his private sector business; disgraced former aide Bernard Kerik; his third wife, Judith Nathan Giuliani; “social issues,” on which is he is more liberal than most Republicans, and his former wife Donna Hanover.

The concerns appear to be listed as issues for Giuliani law partner Pat Oxford to address and are followed by the central question of the campaign:

Are there “prob[lem]s that are insurmount[able]?” it asks, adding, “Has anyone reviewed with RWG?” Giuliani, whose middle name is William, is referred to throughout the document by his initials.

“All will come out - in worst light,” the memo continues. “$100 million against us on this stuff.”

Well, at least they have a pretty good idea of what they’ll be facing. However, I didn’t see anything in there about Giuliani having been a traitor to his nation while in uniform, and that guy came within a whisker of the White House, so as far as I’m concerned, Giuliani’s good to go.

BTW - my hunch is this leak was arranged by the Giuliani team itself, to lay out what they think are the biggest problems and deal with them long before the actual campaign season lifts off, but have them presented in the context of a dirty tricks campaign by potential opponents.

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