Rudy Giuliani got a banner Drudge headline off of his attack on Hillary today, and McCain’s assault on her (see below) is also likely to get attention. In the context of the Republican primary, I think it was helpful to Rudy and McCain to land punches on Hillary, but in the context of a Democratic primary, it has to be seen as a win for her that two prominent Republican candidates are attacking her for what Democrats perceive as her “standing up” to Petraeus. It has to be especially sweet for Hillary because it comes on a day that Obama is unveiling his Iraq strategy in a speech that is now likely to be overshadowed by Republican candidates teeing off on her.
