I haven't seen any references yet to any of the Republican presidential candidates or Joe Lieberman getting asked about the new Iran NIE. If you see news accounts of any of them getting asked, please send us the links.

Late Update: Rudy's apparently already trying for a stealthy pro-active flipflop. From the Times ...

“For years now, the Islamic Republic of Iran has defied and played games with every international effort aimed at persuading the country to halt enriching uranium,” Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, said in a statement. “Sanctions and other pressures must be continued and stepped up until Iran complies by halting enrichment activities in a verifiable way.”

That was a shift in tone from his previous comments, but he did not say that he may have overstated the case against Iran.

In October, speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition, Mr. Giuliani said: “As we all know, Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, and they’re threatening to use them. If I’m president of the United States, I guarantee you we will never find out what they will do if they get nuclear weapons, because they’re not going to get nuclear weapons.”