What differentiates you from Thompson and Giuliani

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Hugh Hewitt: I’ll come back to the surge in a moment. In fact, I’d like to play you something Senator Schumer said on the floor yesterday. But I want to stay with the debate last night. Senator Thompson declared last night on Leno, and of course you and Mayor Giuliani are neck and neck in most of these big polls. And you are the big three, if we go by any set of data. What distinguishes or differentiates you from Senator Thompson and Mayor Giuliani?

Hugh Hewitt: Well, you know, we each have differing views, I’m sure, on different issues, but we haven’t heard all of Senator Thompson’s views yet, so it’s a little difficult to differentiate there. I think probably the biggest difference between myself and Mayor Giuliani relates to immigration, which we talked about last night. He presided over a sanctuary city. I think we should end sanctuary cities. I’ve indicated that the federal government should reduce payments to cities that are not willing to enforce the federal immigration law. He disagrees with that. He also favors letting those people who’ve come here illegally all stay. As long as they’re not criminals, he’d let them all stay. That kind of amnesty is something I also oppose. So we’ve got some differences on issues. Probably the greatest difference between the three of us is our very different backgrounds. I spent my life in the private sector. I’ve had the experience of leading and guiding and managing an enterprise whether a business or an Olympics or a state. And my record of being successful doing that is what’s allowed me to find myself in this presidential race. And if there’s ever been a time we needed a strong leader in our country that knew how to make good decisions and to get us on track, with Republicans and Democrats working together, that time is now.