they thought they were putting david dinkins in his place. - everybody in the city knows that david dinkins is incapable of making a decision. - i did not expect the shocking de-evolution of rudy giuliani. and all of the nobility that was evident before he ran in 1989 was thrown out the window. he tried, in every way he could, to motivate white voters with racist appeals. - the original issues have become muddled in this fight. now, whether it's a battle between cops and the mayor, or blacks and whites, all sides have gone to marshal their supporters. - this race is different because dinkins now has a record to run on. he's not just the first african-american mayor. he's the first african-american mayor with a record that we can run against. certain reporters insisted on categorizing as the race race because, you know, that sells more papers.