Hillary-Rudy Watch

By Kathleen Adams, Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Autumn DeLeon, Tam Gray, Lina Lofaro, Desa Philadelphia and Julie Rawe

IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG YEAR With elections a mere 14 months away, the Senate race in New York, which looks to pit a First Lady, Hillary Clinton, against a popular mayor, Rudy Giuliani, has become the one to handicap. No event in the state or the lives of the two candidates is so trivial as to have no ramifications for the campaign. This week...

EVENT Two citizens are shot by cops, one possibly by accident

WHO WINS [Hillary Clinton]

RESULT Have Rudy's tough-on-crime tactics spun the police force out of control?

[EVENT] Rudy serves on a jury for a case in which a man is claiming damages for injuries to his penis

[WHO WINS] [Rudy Giuliani]

[RESULT] Rudy's a regular New Yorker, not too big to do his civic duty, but is he just about small stuff?

[EVENT] The Clintons buy a $1.7 million Westchester County mansion

[WHO WINS] [Rudy Giuliani]

[RESULT] Hillary's afraid of the big city, huh? If she can't make it there...

[EVENT] Judge says Million Youth March must be given a permit to rally

[WHO WINS] [Hillary Clinton]

[RESULT] Rudy's a guy who hates racism but doesn't seem to love the First Amendment

[EVENT] Clintons vacation in Skaneateles, N.Y., and are warmly received

[WHO WINS] [Tie--Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani]

[RESULT] Is it a vacation or a campaign stop? Only her campaign manager knows for sure