But don't confuse your politics growing up as baltimore _aureole (that is, as a normal intelligent person) with the politics of someone born into the Giuliani family. This kid grew up on politics. Her father has been using her as a prop since her early childhood. She's had breakfast, lunch, dinner and parties with guys and women in poorly-tailored suits, and at 17, she's already eaten more warmed over fruitcups and rubber chicken than others. Yes, she's hormonal and estranged from him, but still -- beneath that all is could well be a political calculus more sophisticated than that of your average teenager.