Rudy & Hugo

This is one of those self inflicted injuries -- this particular one lacking in any real substance -- that has to make you shake your head. Absent Fred Thompson getting into the race, which would be a wild card, I fully expect Giuliani to be the Republican nominee for President. So mark this one, we will be hearing it several times in the future from the other Presidential hopefuls -- the law firm in which Giuliani is a partner has, as one of its clients, CITGO, Hugo Chavez's Venezuelan owned oil and gas company. That one has to make you chuckle. Apparently Giuliani's law firm, though not he himself, has been lobbying on behalf of CITGO. That should make for some uncomfortable and entertaining moments in the debates.