The 11 o'clock news covered Giuliani in Iowa. Scroll down.

Imagine Giuliani outside of New York? We couldn't. Giuliani is so New York, 9/11 or not.

In fact, comments caught on videotape during his walking tour of Cedar Rapids made it clear that you can't take the City out of the New Yorker.

Rudy glimpsed reminders of "home" all around him and replies to WNBC reporter Jay DeDapper's question "Does this remind you of anyplace, Sir?":

"It reminds me of parts of Queens, doesn't it? It has a real feel. Even to a lesser extent, some parts of Brooklyn."

A breezy version is also at YouTube, second 23 and following.

Of course, I'm always seeing parts of Basom around New Jersey.