So Much For Full Disclosure

Giuliani won't release client list or cut ties with his firm.

On Meet the Press, Giuliani said everything about his clients is out, and then like clockwork, something else comes out:

Southern Co., American Electric Power Co. and other producers hired top Washington lobbyists, including Rudy Giuliani's firm, to help defeat a measure that would force them to boost electricity generated by wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy to 15 percent of the U.S. total by 2020. That's up from less than 2 percent today, and is a move the industry says would cost at least $67 billion.

Southern Co. has spent $7.26 million this year lobbying Congress, more than Exxon Mobil Corp. or General Motors Corp., according to the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics. It hired such firms as Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, where Republican presidential front-runner Giuliani is a partner.

The Giuliani firm's involvement goes deeper: Scott Segal, a Bracewell lobbyist, is director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, an industry group that focuses on air- quality issues and includes Southern Co., Progress Energy Inc. and other utilities.

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Screw the power companies. We need more local renewable energy sources anyway. The grid has already shown its weaknesses many, many times, and local wind/solar in the hands of the people would be a better deal anyway.
So Guiliani's crooked, this is news? He's a Republican, 'nuff said.

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Butte on December 10, 2007 at 11:18 AM

He sounded really goofy on Russert's MTP. He chuckled more than Bush talking about something serious. He was doing the Bush laugh-it-off when it true routine. It looked really bad.

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Big_Yellow_Dog on December 10, 2007 at 03:20 PM

The only thing he conveyed is that he and anyone he associates with him needs protection. If he becomes president we will need protection, too....from him.

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SandyH on December 10, 2007 at 04:44 PM

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