Giuliani-Kerik

So there goes Rudy Giuliani's easy trek to the White House.

Bernard Kerik, the one time (mediocre, if not much disliked,) Police Commissioner of New York City is about to be indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wiretapping and tax evasion, among other felonies.

Kerik was considered a golden boy just three years ago; a much beloved by the country sidekick of Giuliani. He was riding high on that post-9/11 everyone loves the people who led New York, wave of support. He fell from disgrace after being tapped as Secretary of Homeland Security in December 2004, recommended to President Bush by Rudy Giuliani himself (so we know he knows how to pick'em.) The Kerik scandal was the first sign of trouble in Bush's second term.

Now with Giuliani in the race for President and leading for God's knows what reason, a Kerik indictment and trial is not going to look good for Rudy. He now claims the recommendation of Kerik was a "mistake," the GOP's favorite new buzzword.

How this will effect Giuliani is still debatable, but it's not going to look good that for about two to three years, both he and Kerik were partners in Giulani-Kerik, the security arm of Giuliani partners, Rudy's little establishment. It will, at least for me, question whether or not the former mayor of my hometown has good character judgment, which I always questioned, even when he was mayor.

I still think, one way or another, people will begin to realize that even though Rudy Giuliani looked nice on television for the three months he was mayor after 9/11, that doesn't automatically qualify you to be President of the United States.

Seriously, if New York had held it's mayoral election just four months earlier, Giuliani wouldn't even be a candidate right now. He would be Rudy who?