HARDLY NEWS THAT HE CAN'T DISCIPLINE HIMSELF:

RUDY'S DÉJÀ VU FEELING: REPEATS '89 ERRORS (CARL CAMPANILE and MAGGIE HABERMAN, May 28, 2007, NY Post)

Rudy Giuliani's White House campaign has been going retro - getting tangled in issues that haunted his first-ever political run, for City Hall, in 1989, political observers say.

Politicians try to learn from past missteps, but Giuliani has been reliving some of his - from his stumbles over the abortion issue to controversies about his business clientele.

"He's maximized the discussion of [his vulnerable points], and that's not smart," said GOP consultant Nelson Warfield, the spokesman for Giuliani's 1989 Republican primary rival, Ronald Lauder.

"There's something missing when it comes to the discipline required to stay on his message. He doesn't seem to have the campaign gene."

Which is why he ultimately won't run.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 28, 2007 9:04 AM