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Rudy, the Opera

The man is a nut magnet, as we can tell in just a glance at today's front page of The New York Times.

Above the fold: the former mayor with his new best friend Pat Robertson, who is not taken seriously by any evangelicals I'm aware of.

Below: Former Giuliani BFF Bernie Kerik is to be indicted today on charges including tax fraud, corruption and conspiracy. (And as the paper notes, "Charges could complicate the presidential campaign of Mr. Kerik's friend, patron and former business partner Rudolph W. Giuliani, a Republican, whose mentorship was partly responsible for Mr. Kerik's sharp ascent into prominence.''

Not shown in photo: Another of Rudy's peeps, Alan Placa, a man Rudy considers "one of my closest friends'' - and hired after he lost his job as a priest over multiple allegations of sexually abusing kids.

All of which makes me suspect that inviting his wife Judi to sit in on cabinet meetings might not be Giulini's worst idea.