>An example of that turnaround is the Giuliani/ Bloomberg years in NYC - folks who ran on platforms of reducing crime and actually making life better for those

>An example of that turnaround is the Giuliani/ Bloomberg years in NYC - folks who ran on platforms of reducing crime and actually making life better for those who keep the place going. Giuliani was elected NYC mayor in 1993 and reelected in 1997 (two-term limit). It is not an exaggeration to say that the typical Upper West Side or Park Slope liberal on election day 1997 spent the morning denouncing Giuliani as a proto-fascist who led a fascist police force, voted for his reelection in the secrecy of the ballot box (he won by 13% although Democrats that year had a 5X registration advantage <http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_nov97.pdf http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_...>), then spent the evening bemoaning his reelection and confidently predicting to their friends that the administration would of course kill or exile yet more homeless.