"Tom S: you’re right: what makes the Giuliani campaign’s lame disclaimers about Rudy’s ISG-ducking even lamer is the fact that unless Mr.G. has suddenly developed clairvoyant powers (à la Johnny Smith) he couldn’t know what the ISG’s report would say (and, IIRC, there was a lot of speculation pre-release that it would be a “stay-the-course” whitewash of Administration policy)."