Rudy Giuliani sat down with Tim Russert for the hour on Meet the Press this morning. Some highlights:

- Brushes off Iowa polling, “No nominee has won all the primaries (in the hotley contested ones)” doesn’t expect to win them all, pointed out high numbers in Florida.

- New NIE report on Iran does not take a pre-emptive military action off the table. “The pressure works” with sanctions.

- Supports staying the course in Iraq because the generals on the ground continue to believe we can make progress. From this point on we should learn to set a strategic objective, work at the objective and stay the course as long as there is a chance to achieve the objective.

- Did not envision the kind of attack we had on 9/11, was not educated enough on al Qaeda before then.

- On his place on the 9/11 Commission. Was a “mistake” for him to be on the panel because of his decision to run for the presidency. Says he realized it was a conflict of interest to be part of the panel which would become very political.

Says that he told Jim Baker that it was one of his reasons… Did not mention it as the “primary” reason but he did mention it.

- Won’t release list of clients for his legal or consulting firms because of confidentiality agreements.

- Bernard Kerik. Giuliani equated the situation to “bad judgement” on his part but if you “look at my record” you will see traditional good judgement.

- Security details for Judith Nathan. Russert attempted to pin Giuliani down on dates for when the details started (meaning when she was his “mistress”) Giuliani tried to dodge a bit. Not a lot of news.

- Russert asked about Huckabee’s 90’s comments on gay lifestyle being “sinful”. Giuliani does not believe homosexuality is sinful but rather the acts. Mentioned his own “sins”.

- Does not support Congressional fuel mandates to raise miles-per-gallon on new automobiles.

- Would not “pledge” to balance the budget but would make it a priority in his first year. Does not “do pledges”.

- Ended with a picture of Giuliani as a child wearing a Red Sox jersey. Played on a little league team called the Red Sox.

So basically 58 minutes (with commercials) on Giuliani’s personal, business and pre-9/11 life and two questions at the end on current policy. Plus a silly picture at the end What did we learn? Pretty much nothing. Great job Tim… great job.