Greetings from Columbia, South Carolina, site of tonight’s Republican presidential debate. The show is scheduled to start in less than an hour and a half, and some of the candidates are still hanging out at their hotels before coming to the Koger Center. Rudy Giuliani’s people know he’ll be the center of attention tonight, which doesn’t really bother supporters of other campaigns, because many of them are still scratching their heads at Giuliani’s inability to succinctly state his position on abortion. They figure — hope — he won’t be able to master it tonight, either. An aide for a rival campaign put it this way: Giuliani says his position is complicated and can’t be reduced to a sound-bite. Well, that’s a bad thing.

In Democratic news, I mentioned a few days ago that you should keep an eye out for May 15, when John Edwards is scheduled to release financial disclosure forms showing how much he made from the hedge fund Fortress Investments. I’m not in a plugged-in position for all things Democratic right now, but I haven’t seen any reports that the numbers have been released yet. Still waiting.