Back to back days with news about Bernard Kerik! Excelsior!
Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors have told Bernard B. Kerik, whose nomination as homeland security secretary in 2004 ended in scandal, that he is likely to be charged with several felonies, including tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wiretapping.
Kerik’s indictment could set the stage for a courtroom battle […]

There’s more news out today about skeletons that are likely to haunt Rudy Giuliani during his presidential campaign, though Bernard Kerik is the one most likely to be literally connected to a skeleton. The New York Times is reporting that Giuliani “remembered having briefed him on some aspects of Bernard B. Kerik’s relationship with a […]

The Associated Press has one of the most comprehensive looks at how the lasting outrage at Rudy Giuliani within the firefighter and 9/11 victims communities in New York is going to remain an issue for him during the presidential campaign. Giuliani is effectively running for president on his reputation as “America’s Mayor” following the 9/11 […]

John McCain’s new petition calls the supplemental funding bill, which includes a deadline for redeploying American troops from Iraq, “surrender.” The petition includes a description of what McCain thinks is problematic legislation:
The supplemental appropriations bill that passed the Senate on March 27, calling for a date certain withdrawal from Iraq, is nothing more than a […]

Billionaire former presidential candidate Steve Forbes has endorsed Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani followed the Forbes endorsement up by voicing support for Forbes’ signature issue: the flat tax. One awkward wrinkle, though, is that Giuliani had previously bashed the flat tax.
In 1996, when Mr. Forbes first ran for president, Mr. Giuliani, then the mayor of New York […]

In news that is likely causing Giuliani, Romney and Gingrich to jump for joy, The Hill is reporting that John McCain almost left the Republican Party to join the Democratic Party shortly before Jim Jeffords left the GOP and became and independent. A senior McCain staffer approached a Democratic congressman and initiated talks about the […]

Harsh:
Focus on the Family founder James Dobson appeared to throw cold water on a possible presidential bid by former Sen. Fred Thompson while praising former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is also weighing a presidential run, in a phone interview Tuesday.
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Tom of TheBlueState.com has created a chopped video of the 60 Minutes interview of John and Elizabeth Edwards by Katie Couric. The video now only consists of Couric’s question — John and Elizabeth’s answers have been removed. The result is truly disgraceful. Couric was resoundingly criticized for using straw man arguments to attack the Edwardses […]

Jim Himes, Greenwich DTC chair and potential CT-04 candidate, has a guest post up at Connecticut Local Politics. Here’s Himes’ opening passage:
Thinking about running for Congress is a serious matter. I have spent a lot of time reflecting on the ideas and values that energize me, ideas that would breathe life into my campaign.
This thinking […]

Yesterday John McCain’s MySpace page was hacked and an image was replaced with a text box that read “Dear Supporters, Today I announce that I have reversed my position and come out in full support of gay marriage…particularly marriage between passionate females.” Sam Levenback has a screen capture.
It didn’t take too long for people to […]