Martin Eisenstadt’s Blog

One thing this Annapolis gathering has taught me: America’s next president needs to be tough, a “gangsta” as my twelve year old son would say. These sheikhs play hardball, forever lying and maneuvering. I shutter to think how they would laugh at Romney and his Mormon can do, golly gee ways. But Giuliani, he would fit right in. He would be respected, feared.

With dwindling oil supplies and the rise of China and India, we need a New Yorker, a boss, a throwback to the Luciano/Lansky days, someone so strong that he was able to put away the heads of New York’s known Mafia families and live and prosper and go on. Rudy was also there on 9/11. And in this game, knowledge is power.

It struck me this week that while our adversaries abroad resemble warlords, American politicians seem to prefer cheerleading and toe tapping. If I wasn’t sure before, I am now. The barbarians are frothing at the mouth, pounding at the gate. Rudy comes from a tradition with experience keeping its neighborhoods safe from minority troublemakers. His experience in the micro will surely benefit us in the macro.

Let’s see tonight how Rudy counters Plastic Romney when he brings up Kerik. “A strong Don needs a strong consigliere, especially in war time, you grinning Bible salesman.” That’s what I would say.