Several leading Republicans, including New York's mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, and Governor Christine Whitman of New Jersey, have sought out gay support.

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Republican mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota, who worked at City Hall for the mayor's predecessor, Rudolph Giuliani, said he, too, would "go back to the old way" of offices.

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Earlier Wednesday, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who ran for president as a Republican, used the Clintons' own words to cast doubt on Obama's qualifications.

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