11.   A symbol of these ambivalent swing voters, of course, is Rudolph Giuliani, the Republican mayor of a Democratic city.

12.   After graduating from Princeton University and Georgetown Law School, he went to work for Richard Lugar, then the Republican mayor of Indianapolis.

13.   Al Jurczynski is the Republican mayor of Schenectady.

14.   Also at play are the political calculations of what the Republican mayor can gain from an issue roiling the council, most of whose members are Democrats.

15.   But a city that likes to see its Republican mayor savage other Republicans may feel some sympathy for a Democrat who is equally irritating to his party leaders.

16.   But cities are not Republican territory anyway, despite the smattering of Republican mayors.

17.   But can a Republican mayor of New York City remain mainstream enough for his own party?

18.   But he also said the Republican mayor, with whom he has clashed repeatedly, did not call him for support and never offered a specific proposal.

19.   But New York has a Republican mayor, which might encourage the Democrats to bypass it.

20.   But party lines have blurred as Republican mayors like Rudolph Giuliani of New York have maintained that crime-prevention programs are an essential part of any bill.