Even with the ballots still being counted in Florida, The Page is reporting that Rudy Giuliani is ready to throw in the towel and endorse John McCain, possibly as early as tomorrow in California. A Rudy endorsement could seal the deal for McCain in the winner-take-all contests in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Super Tuesday. …

The top 3 things to keep in mind about today’s primary.

In her story about the State of the Union address in today’s New York Times, Sheryl Stolberg compares President Bush to how he looked when he gave his first State of the Union address in 2001: “Mr. Bush is grayer now than he was then, reflecting the strain of his time in office.” To Alessandra Stanley, writing for the same paper, it …

In a development that is not a good omen for health care reform efforts on the state level or the similar federal plans being talked about by the Democratic candidates, the California Legislature has killed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ambitious proposal to expand coverage, which was introduced* a little over a year ago.:

The Senate Health

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Is it the stupid, economy?

I meant Chile! I meant Chile! I meant Chile!

All I can say is that I taped it in 5 minutes I had between campaign events. I didn’t even realize I had screwed up.

A couple of outtakes from my backstage view of the rally yesterday:

As Ted Kennedy was coming to the end of the ropeline where I was standing, his eyes lit on a ninetysomething man waiting there to shake his hand. Kennedy grabbed my arm and pulled me over to meet Mort Caplin: “He taught Bobby and me tax law at the University of Virginia …

“Ladies and Gentlemen, the state of the Union is….is….is….”

If you clicked on your television several hours ago hoping to hear the President of the United States finish that sentence, and in doing so give you a sensible and coherent framework for understanding the complex and sometimes frightening world you inhabit, you listened …

Time on the campaign trail is slippery–a day is a week is a month. The only thing you notice, after a while, is how nice the bedsheets are in your new hotel room. That said, I have vivid memories of late-night barroom conversations with both journalists and campaign aides in South Carolina. And the calendar says that happened a little …

I was backstage today at the remarkable rally at which Ted, Caroline and Patrick Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama. Here are my interviews with Ted and Caroline about why they decided to back Obama; I also talked to Obama about what this endorsement meant to him, and what it could mean to his chances of getting elected. You can also hear the …

Over the weekend, I wrote about an online video candidate guide for Christian voters that incorrectly described Mitt Romney’s religious beliefs. The guide, which is distributed by Focus on the Family Action, the political arm of James Dobson’s organization, said that Romney had acknowledged that Mormonism is not a Christian faith. In …

Thanks, Michael, for using your post to give fuller context to those quotes I referenced. And I was wrong to write that the press characterized Romney as having a specific date in mind — that was sloppy and I’ve fixed the language. But I do think the media portrayed him as, at the very least, contemplating a withdrawal. But my point …