The Boilerplate, 6/8

Seems like Newt Gingrich really has a hankering for Rudy Giuliani. What Gingrich calls "metrics" Rudy calls "CompStat."

In handicapping the current Republican race, he had good things to say about Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson, but he said between campaign finance reform and immigration, John McCain faces the "greatest challenge" of capturing the nomination.

Gingrich said that while he disagrees with Giuliani on social issues and believes those issues "really matter," in a world where a nuclear weapon could destroy an American city, Giuliani can make a case for himself. He said that Giuliani has done a much better job as a candidate than most people expected.

During his formal remarks, Gingrich also singled out Giuliani for praise, using his reforms as mayor as a prime example of how government can be made to function properly by measuring results.

Fred Thompson's headed to South Carolina on 6/30 and New Hampshireon 6/29. No word yet on an Iowa trip. Sources there say Thompson is looking for a good party fundraiser to attend.

Robert Bork wants $1,000,000 from the Yale Club of New York. I didn't like their hotel when I stayed there either, but...

I may be four floors up, but I'll always find time for Hotline TV.