There can be only one Hizzoner.

"Giuliani's Escape from New York was already tough enough, but Mayor Mike makes it nearly impossible. Bloomberg is the Ghost of Rudy Past -- a constant, high-profile reminder of the cultural distance from the South Carolina lowlands to the New York island." Slate's Bruce Reed examines how Mike Bloomberg's recent flirtations with a presidential bid spell serious trouble for the Giuliani candidacy (as does -- according to Fred Kaplan -- Rudy's "greedy" behavior with the Iraq Study Group.)