Has not given a rousing speech–seems a little frustrated to be in D.C. But that may work with his frustrated-with-Congress attitude–he has had plenty of red meat, all talking about his record (lowering taxes, reforming welfate….). Though he made that comment on differences, he did not hit abortion or judges directly. What he did do is provide a better overview of the war than the president often gives. He praised and defended the president for turning us from defense to offense–for going from treating terrorism as crime to treating it as acts of war. He praised Bush while acknowledging ” that every single thing hasn’t worked.” Giuliani stressed–always framing things around Reagan–”peace through strength”–that “America is a peaceful country.” Giuliani suggested: “Maybe we made a mistake calling this ‘the war on terror.’ ” “This is not our war on them. This is their war on us,” he said.