This Gallup poll suggests that Giuliani, who is running ahead of the Republican pack by about 13 points according to Real Clear Politics, is the only major candidate in either party whose appeal reaches substantially across the spectrum. Not bad for “Rudy the Rude.”

Update: That’s not the only way Giuliani stands out, of course. I suspect he’ll be the only candidate to have done, well, pretty much anything like this (even in jest):