I suspect Rudy is actually trying to avoid saying he thinks the war is lost with his non-committal answers on the Iraq situation, but I, too, am disturbed by his refusal to work with the ISG given the opportunity. I’m not convinced Giuliani will be effective as President, in large part because he’s going through the same contortions that McCain went through. In other words, it will be nearly impossible to predict Rudy’s policy performance at the Presidential level because of who he’ll be beholden to if he wants another 4 years. He’s a risky bet for anyone. The true believers who still back Bush shouldn’t trust him and those of us who think Bush’s foreign policy has been a colossal cluster-f just can’t take the chance. Where does that leave him?

(PS. What do you think of the Featured Video addition to FM? Keep it? Chuck it? Leave a comment below and let me know.)