Big ups to Shankar: Rudy's speaking tonight. I'm breaking the embargo on this excerpt:

...but I know another person who was mayor on 9/11, and that's Sarah Palin. [applause]

I'm glad to see Hurricane Gustav won't keep Bush from speaking by satellite to the Republican National Convention. Very glad.

Poor Rudy, though. He gave the RNC his all and now he's nothing. Why, I bet he hasn't felt this bad since...