Rudy Giuliani, the man who withheld funds from NY firefighters prior to 9/11 that would have been used to upgrade their radio communication system, who used NY policemen as escorts for his mistress, and who exploited the tragedy of 9/11 to support his political cause, has decided to bow out of the presidential race. He will back Senator John McCain, the friendliest of his rivals.

With McCain winning Florida and gaining Giuliani supporters (which consists of himself, his current wife, and an elderly Jewish couple living in Palm Beach), he's on the fast track for the GOP nomination, with strong support over Mitt Romney in most of the western states.

Dennis Kucinich, the only presidential candidate who could stand by his voting record with 100% confidence, recognized that he was not getting through to primary voters and decided to drop out of the presidential race today. Kucinich voted against the war in Iraq, and is currently promoting the impeachment of President Bush.

The Obama campaign has released a tape recording of a robocall that has been going out to Democrats in the state of Nevada that uses his rarely-used middle name "Hussein" a total of 4 times. The phone call goes out of its way to refer to Obama as "Barack Hussein Obama" repeatedly despite the fact that he never uses his full name himself.

These calls are clearly an attempt to scare people by associating Barack Obama with the executed former dictator of Iraq. There is no indication of where the phone call is coming from. I wonder why there is no law requiring disclosure of autocalls like there is for political TV ads. Perhaps because that would take all of Camp Clinton's dirty tricks away.

Here's a link to the phone call: Barack Hussein Obama
Robocall trashes "Barack Hussein Obama" - Ben Smith's Blog - Politico.com

GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has a slightly different strategy for winning votes from the southern states: attracting the white supremacist vote.

Huckabee, who once gave a speech to the Council of Conservative Citizens, a group that does not hide its hatred of minorities, has tried appealing to whites in South Carolina by defending their stance on the Confederate flag issue. In a recent speech in front of white evangelical Christians, he said that if anyone came into his state of Arkansas and told him what to do with the flag, he'd tell them what to do with the pole.

Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan, now a top conservative pundit, once said that anyone involved with the Council of Conservative Citizens "does not deserve to be in a leadership position in America." Hmmm, I wonder if conservatives who have disavowed this group are prepared to bring the hammer down on Huckabee.
The Raw Story | Huckabee gave speech to white supremacists

Barack Obama is now expected to beat former New Hampshire primary favorite Hillary Clinton by a comfortable margin. Meanwhile, on the Republican side, Mitt Romney has quickly recovered from a terrible performance during Saturday night's debate, where he was a punching bag for all of the other viable candidates and even took some painful shots from some of the so-called fringe candidates. Romney rallied himself by beating his competitors on the immigration issue during Sunday night's debate of Fox News. Huckabee, on the other hand, is facing a possible freefall coming off his Iowa caucus victory. He looked about as bad as any presidential candidate in recent memory during Sunday's debate. He refused to answer questions on his record, preferring instead to rely on promises of doing a better job in the future. Good luck with that, Huck. Rudy Giuliani has no chance of winning New Hampshire and abandoned the state weeks ago to focus on the bigger states.
New Hampshire Predictions: Obama Blowout; Romney Rallying - HUMAN EVENTS

Rudy Giuliani's fear-mongering campaign seems to be running strong. His latest advertisement reminds voters that the next crisis is "only a moment away."

I'm glad that he's getting this message out, because I want everyone to stop and think about what kind of leader they want in the event of another crisis. Do you want a leader who refused to supply funding for fire department radios that work on the same frequency, causing mass confusion and likely many NYFD deaths on 9/11? Do you want a leader who placed a city's main crisis control center on a site where a terrorist attack had already occurred, despite the fact that the area remained a likely target and he had been warned by the federal government not to place a crisis control center there? These are the real achievements of Rudy Giuliani on 9/11. Ask the NYPD and the NYFD. With very few exceptions, they hate Rudy Giuliani, because they see him for what he really is: a snake in the grass who accepts accolades that should go to the true heroes and who will say anything to get elected.
YouTube - Rudy Giuliani TV Ad "Ready"

Douglas Kmiec, a Pepperdine Law School professor and former Ronald Reagan and George Bush staff member, has been spreading a rumor throughout the mainstream media that if Hillary Clinton is elected president she will appoint her husband to any open Supreme Court position. Kmiec's boss is the Dean of Pepperdine Law School, a pudgy man who goes by the name Kenneth Starr. Yes, the same Ken Starr who tirelessly worked for years to bring down the Clinton presidency.

There are several things wrong with this Supreme Court Justice Clinton theory. First of all, Clinton would have to be confirmed by Congress. You can be sure that the GOP would launch a massive campaign attacking him. Let's not forget that Clinton was disbarred by the Supreme Court following the Starr investigation.

This story is nothing more than fear-mongering by a lifelong Republican hack. The GOP has already stacked the Supreme Court in its favor, which might just help them steal another election like they did in 2000.
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time - Blogs from CNN.com

The LA Times is reporting that they have uncovered some secrets about Mitt Romney's business dealings that he might not want the public to know, namely that he utilized "shell companies" based in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying taxes to the IRS. Apparently Mitt Romney thinks he can stand up for the common man while at the same time making them foot the bill to make up for the lost revenue from his taxes.

This is not the first time that Mitt Romney has shown how little he cares for the United States. Just days after voting to send more brave American troops into Iraq he suggested that his sons (all between 18 and 25 years of age) were doing their patriotic duty by not going to Iraq and that they were true patriots because they were going to help him get elected president. We can only presume that after becoming president Mitt Romney will send all of America's sons below the age of 35 to some third-world hellhole.
Island tax havens factor into Romney's business success - Los Angeles Times