..."Some talked about the difficulty of transferring his hard-edged urban personality to a wider stage. Some talked about his personal life. Some echoed Dorothy Kaliades, a retired jewelry designer who was having her nails done in Howard Beach, Queens. She said she had never believed that Mr. Giuliani had a real chance nationally.'He was too New York, too Italian, and he had too many wives,' she said."
[NYT, "They Kind of Knew It Wouldn’t Work", 31 January 2008]
