It all started last summer when a friend of mine who worked for the campaign called me with some fateful words: "What are you doing this weekend? Can you pick Mayor Giuliani up from the airport and drive him around?" At the time, Giuliani was the frontrunner for the Republican nomination and one of the most famous men in the world, and here I was picking him up from the airport and driving him to fundraisers, golf outings and church. I was undecided about whom to support, but that weekend, Giuliani sealed the deal for me. He was a man of action, filled with boundless energy - just what this country needed in Washington. And so, six months later, when my friend from the campaign called again to ask me to spend a week in Florida helping out, I readily agreed.
When I got to Florida, the press had already declared Giuliani's candidacy dead on arrival, and the voters and even the staff were starting to believe it. I followed the campaign to Boca Raton for the final debate before the primary, where my job was to drive around surrogates for Giuliani, like congressmen and former governors. Some were suggesting that the only way he could possibly cause an upset would be to stringently attack the new frontrunner in the state, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). But Giuliani said no. He refused to damage a man who was not only the likely Republican nominee, but also his friend.
I spent the next several days doing everything from building crowds for rallies to monitoring the media as the campaign slouched ever closer to certain doom. Walking into state headquarters on the day of the primary, I felt resigned to a loss. When Giuliani showed up later that day, I could see in his face that he felt the same way. The next day, Giuliani ended his campaign and endorsed his friend, McCain. Watching this, I felt a sense of disappointment in the loss, but also pride that I worked for a man who campaigned with honor and was able to strongly endorse the candidate who had defeated him the day before. I saw Giuliani's impressive ability to support McCain at a rally in Trenton on Monday, where he campaigned hard for the Senator. Though the man famous for being a "doer" wasn't able to get elected president, he was able to conduct a campaign with honor and end it with grace, and I'm proud to have been a part of it.
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