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Giuliani's Lesson
By RiShawn Biddle
For school reform activists, anti-violence advocates and ambitious mayors throughout the nation, Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson's Election Day defeat was a sobering reminder of how easily one can go from an overwhelming lead to colossal defeat. After parlaying his ties to U.S. Senator (and aspiring vice president) Evan Bayh into two terms as mayor of the nation's 13th-largest city, the Democrat's multi-million-dollar bid for a third term -- and aspirations for national glory -- fell apart when he lost to Republican challenger Greg Ballard, who had raised just $300,000 and had little support from his own party.
Across the nation, Peterson was lauded by education reform wonks for breaking with the Democratic Party -- and its support for the public education establishment -- and becoming the only mayor in America to authorize charter schools. Harvard University's Kennedy School also recognized his efforts last year by awarding him its Innovations in American Government Award. He also took his campaign against gory videogames to the national level this year after he became president of the National League of Cities. At a conference he organized on the issue last April, Peterson declared that "a lot of us ... continue to be concerned about our violent culture."
The rest at:
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12335 
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