LA Times: Giuliani leads GOP pack, doing it his way

Despite liberal leanings and family turmoil, he's the party's hands-down front-runner, for now.

By Janet Hook, Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — Rudy for president? For months, it seemed unfathomable.

A liberal on social issues with a scandal-ridden personal life, Rudolph W. Giuliani was viewed as such a black sheep by many conservatives in the GOP family that he continually was confronted by the question: "Are you really going to run?"

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