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Will prostate cancer set back Giuliani's Senate campaign?
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April 28, 2000 | NEW YORK -- Republican political consultant Nelson Warfield, who was the spokesman for Ronald Lauder in a bitter contest with Giuliani for the 1989 Republican mayoral nomination, wasted no time declaring the mayor politically wounded. "There'll be fewer checks written until he makes his intentions clear," he told the Associated Press. "He's very ambivalent about this contest,'' Warfield added. "Even before this, it was clear -- given his reluctance to go upstate and his diffident campaigning -- that there was a less than total commitment to the contest."
The Giuliani campaign disputes that, and points to a surge in donations to its Web site Thursday as proof that the mayor won't be hurt by his diagnosis. The campaign normally raises approximately $2,000 per day via the site. But on Thursday it raised approximately $10,000, according to campaign spokeswoman Kim Serafin. "I think it shows people are supportive and are with us all the way," said Serafin, who said the campaign was deluged with supportive e-mail messages. The mayor himself said that he has not yet decided on a course of treatment, which is likely to involve either radiation or surgery. Recovery from a radical prostatectomy -- the removal of the prostate -- generally lasts three to five weeks, which would still give Giuliani roughly five months to campaign. At his news conference Thursday, Giuliani, 55, said he had not thought about how the diagnosis would affect his Senate race. "I have no idea. I mean, I think in fairness to, to me, to the Senate race, to the Republican Party, to all the parties and everybody else, you need some time to think about it. And I really need to know what the course of treatment is going to be before I can evaluate ... I hope that I'd be able to run, but the choice that I'm going to make is going to be based on the treatment that's going to give me the best chance to have a complete cure." Giuliani, whose father died from prostate cancer at 73, added, "I don't think it's fair to answer questions about the Senate race right now. Should I do it? Would I be able to do it the right way? I hope that's the case, but I don't know."
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