What better way to start the day than with a good Rudy-bashing?

Jacob Weisberg has written for Financial Times a rather brutal assessment of Rudy Guiliani's legacy :

Over time, however, Mr Giuliani’s personal limitations became increasingly evident. Instead of taking on new challenges after his re-election in 1997, he dedicated his second term to vanquishing his remaining enemies. Fran Reiter, who served as a deputy mayor under Mr Giuliani, describes him as depressed and directionless after being sworn in for the second time. “He can get mired in the petty stuff,” Ms Reiter says. “He doesn’t suffer political opponents well and there are times when he doesn’t compromise well.”

In his second term, Mr Giuliani showed himself to be a classic micro-manager, unable to delegate and unwilling to share the spotlight. He had already driven out William Bratton, his triumphant chief of police, in a battle over credit. Mr Bratton’s fate was sealed when he appeared on the cover of Time. Nor could Mr Giuliani abide ridicule. He went to court to try to stop New York Magazine from advertising itself on the sides of buses as “possibly the only good thing in New York Rudy hasn’t taken credit for”.

Now, this article is not what it seems. Read closely and you'll notice this is not so much about Rudy but about who is not Rudy.

The answer? Michael Bloomberg.

Let's say the endangered anthropolitical speacies called "urban elephants" are desperate for someone like Michael Bloomberg. They're knickers get into a twist just with the thought of a potential 8 years more in power under a Bloomberg administration.

They have cause to get their panties wet.

If Michael Bloombger does decide to run for president, Democrats may have little chance of taking back the presidency in '08 --especially if they are still selling the Hillary delusion pills.

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