The New York Times reports the following:

Rudolph W. Giuliani told a grand jury that his former chief investigator remembered having briefed him on some aspects of Bernard B. Kerik’s relationship with a company suspected of ties to organized crime before Mr. Kerik’s appointment as New York City police commissioner, according to court records.

Mr. Giuliani, testifying last year under oath before a Bronx grand jury investigating Mr. Kerik, said he had no memory of the briefing, but he did not dispute that it had taken place, according to a transcript of his testimony.

Mr. Giuliani’s testimony amounts to a significantly new version of what information was probably before him in the summer of 2000 as he was debating Mr. Kerik’s appointment as the city’s top law enforcement officer. Mr. Giuliani had previously said that he had never been told of Mr. Kerik’s entanglement with the company before promoting him to the police job or later supporting his failed bid to be the nation’s homeland security secretary.

In his testimony, given in April 2006, Mr. Giuliani indicated that he must have simply forgotten that he had been briefed on one or more occasions as part of the background investigation of Mr. Kerik before his appointment to the police post.

Forgotten. Now that sounds familiar. What do you all think is suddenly happening to politicians once their in trouble? All of them seem to be suffering from Alzheimers at the moment difficult questions are (being) asked.

The question is, of course, will this hurt Giuliani?

It just might.

Another negative article (for Giuliani) appeared at Yahoo today: firefighters(‘ family) open the attack on Giuliani’s “America’s Mayor” and “Churchillian” image.

Of course, attacks like these are to be expected. Every single candidate will face brutal attacks. The question is, who will be able to inflict more damage to his or her opponents / limit the damage?