In what the New York Post is calling the War of the Roses, Jeanine Pirro, a high-profile prosecutor from Westchester County, announced plans to challenge Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton next year as the Republican candidate for U.S. Senator. It'll be the catfight to end all catfights, with Pirro pounding away on one issue: that Hillary is more interested in the U.S. presidency than in serving New Yorkers. On the tech front, Pirro will likely play up her role in Westchester's Internet stings of would-be child molesters.

A Pirro-Clinton matchup is not guaranteed, though. Pirro still needs to outpoll Edward Cox -- a son-in-law of former President Nixon -- in the GOP primary before taking on Clinton. Moreover, Pirro's husband could be a real liability, given that he's served time in federal prison for tax fraud and has been linked to Mafia informants.