PRIMARIES 2008

MUST READ:  Dick Morris has a fascinating column about Iowa today.

RUDY GIULIANI
Hizhonor’s two cents worth:
“…"I don’t know what she’s trying to say when she’s accusing a general of the ‘willing suspension of disbelief,’” Giuliani said Wednesday on the "Randy and Spiff" show, a radio program which airs in Atlanta. The former New York mayor repeated his criticism of the Democratic frontrunner for president later in the day Wednesday during a media availability in Akron, Ohio.

When Army Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker came before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Clinton said that their claims of progress in Iraq require a "willing suspension of disbelief."
"Despite what I view is your rather extraordinary efforts in your testimony both yesterday and today," said Clinton, "I think that the reports that you provide to us really require a willing suspension of disbelief."

Giuliani accused Clinton of "playing into" a MoveOn.org ad that ran in the New York Times Monday that read: "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?"

After co-host Spiff Carner said, "She's trying to tell us that she knows more about the whole situation than he does,” Giuliani shot back by saying, “Doesn’t it also sound like she’s also saying that he isn’t telling the truth?”
"I really do think to accuse a general of the ‘willing suspension of disbelief,’ particular in the atmosphere that Moveon.org has created with these terrible attacks, I don’t know, I mean I think that’s not the way in a responsible way to go about , you know, forging the foreign policy of the United States and the military policy of the United States," said Giuliani. "I think this name calling, you know, saying to people, ‘willing suspension of disbelief,’ and then saying the horrible thing they said about betrayal -- that is the last thing we need right now."

"What we need right now," he added, "is a reasoned account, we need statesmanship not political venom.”…”

Gateway Pundit

BILL RICHARDSON
Richardson took money from one of those indicted Texas moguls who was caught up in the Saddam oil to-do.

BARACK OBAMA
I’m sorry, I just can’t stomach his anti-war stance.
Ankle Biting Pundits on his abject incompetence.
You gotta be kidding

TOM TANCREDO
Our favorite liberal site, Colorado Confidential, has come up with some interesting facts and figures about Tancredo pushing the GOP field more ‘out there’ in terms of strict immigration reform, yet (currently) only 15% of GOP voters think it is top ranking issue. They call it, “The Tancredo Effect” and it could cause very serious problems for Republicans in the fall.

JOHN MCCAIN

McCain is improving in every poll.
He is also calling for Dems to return MoveOn.Org’s money.

MITT ROMNEY

Romney finally repudiates the anti-Fred site.
Now for an interesting trivia question:  What is Warren Tompkins’ connection to Jim DeMint?
The Palmetto Scoop

HILLARY CLINTON
Hillary’s voter demographics
Is anyone besides the WSJ and the conservative blogs paying attention to the Hsu’s Who of Crime in America? Rick Moran at Right Wing Nuthouse is doing an excellent job covering the Hsu scandal. From what I gather Moran is leaning toward the “con man” angle.  I’m not sure.  I do know that whole bunch is ‘ripe for the picking’.

I’m not even going to try and figure this latest wrinkle out, but Hillary may take more money from him?
Captain Ed is calling it “HsuStock”. I liked his other tagline better, “Hillary Has a Hsu”.  Then he asks about why Hil’s people ignored Hsu’s background.

FRED THOMPSON
Noah Lot More has a great Fred Thompson satire today.
George Will asks if a Fred Thompson campaign is really necessary.