Rick Lazio

When Rudy met Hillary When Rudy met Hillary

Rudy Giuliani markets himself as the Republican with the best shot at beating Hillary Clinton next fall. But the first time the pair faced off, that's not how it worked out.
  • Who's in Bush's Cabinet?

    A look at the loyal GOP soldiers and palatable Dems likely to be invited into a Bush-Cheney White House.
  • Mrs. Clinton goes to Washington

    Hillary wins one for the Clinton legacy -- but how will she fare in the Senate?
  • Lazio's media victory

    The media loved his attacks on Hillary Clinton. But most voters aren't biting.
  • A Republican siance

    Leaving nothing to chance, the GOP is now seeking political aid from beyond the grave.
  • Becoming president under a noxious cloud

    In which a befuddled Bush and a schizoid Gore do battle in a scene distressingly reminiscent of the most bilious days of imperial Rome.
  • Muslims charge they are being scapegoated

    Both candidates in the New York Senate contest have refused to meet with Arabs. Is that really the way to court the Jewish vote?
  • Zagat's guide to the candidates

    Nader boasts "no frills" organic; Lazio has "all the character of a strip-mall Chili's"
  • Of dubious debates, kisses and divas

    Must we choose between a pretentious jackass and a man who lacks the basic skills? And what's with Madonna's rhinestone cowgirl persona?
  • Hillary in a landslide?

    The race for New York senator was said to be Rick Lazio's to lose. And right now he's losing in virtually every demographic group.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000
  • New York air war

    Clinton and Lazio duke it out on television. Which one is telling the truth?
  • Hillary and the court

    How an upcoming ruling on partial-birth abortion could send shockwaves through the New York Senate race.
  • "A ton of dough" for Lazio

    The golden boy calls for cash as Clinton calls him inconsistent.
  • The gun letters

    The Million Moms are "cowardettes who don't know the difference between a Glock and a glockenspiel."
  • Separated at birth?

    For a mainstream Republican, Rep. Rick Lazio's politics are awfully similar to those of "left-wing" Hillary Clinton.
  • The Million Mom March: What a crock!

    National policy shouldn't be set by packs of weeping white women led by Rosie O'Donnell.
  • He vs. she, part 1

    Even new resident Monica can't handle this one, as Rudy and Hillary prepare to take their fearsome domestic quarrel to upstate New York.
  • Rick Lazio: Is he or isn't he? And who the heck is he?

    He's the man who might have been the next senator from New York. If he were a candidate. If he could beat Hillary. If Rudy weren't around.
  • "Primary Colors" II

    Hillary Clinton builds a New York Senate campaign staff on a foundation of 1992 Clinton loyalists, as Rudy Giuliani fumes.
  • Off the cliff?

    The White House tries lobbying, "scorched-earth" threats and one more speech to sway fence-sitting Republicans.

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