Finding nuggets of policy

There is actually some policy coverage in this story:

[Giuliani] focused on economic issues, particularly his plans to cut the federal corporate tax rate, ease regulatory restraints, and provide generous tax incentives for individuals to buy their own health insurance. More than four months after sketching the outlines of a healthcare plan, Giuliani has provided no details on its impact on the US Treasury.

It's not the topic of the story, which starts out as another poll-driven, horse race story, but at least it's in there in paragraph 9. And the rest of the story after the jump covers Giuliani's stump speech with actual context and a critique founded in reality. Bravo!

So, let's look at Rudy's nostrums:

• Lower the corporate tax rate - the Republican target is 0%, maybe less
  
• Ease regulatory restraints - sure, let's have more corporations writing the rules that govern them; that'll help consumers and anyone who breathes or drinks water or wants safe (lead-free) products
  
• Provide tax incentives to buy health insurance - in other words, give money back to people who already have enough money to have health insurance