CH: Before we begin, let me say how impressed I am with your performance during 9/11 and how you cleaned up crime in New York City.

RR: Thank you, that is what the citizens of New York hired me to do and I think I met their expectations.

I have decided to blog here because a blog about hypocrisy will never run out of material. You might think otherwise. You might say, “Well, Snark, I manage to survive without saying one thing and doing the exact opposite, most days, why can’t the politicians?”

Brian Willians asked Rudy Giuliani why his poll numbers were so terrible, half of what they were. The response is there are various polls and what the voters care about is the issues. Rudy has been mentioned negatively by the New York Times, some Republicans believe he should be proud of that.

Huckabee came out strong for the war in Iraq defending that ithe Bush invasion as worthwhile and a big part of our current safety.

Romney addressed the kitchen table issues of the economy, housing and energy costs. He joked, perhaps, that he can not think of any thing worse than having Bill Clinton as R. First Dude, back in the White House with nothing to do. That and using Barack Obama’s own challenges to Hillary gave him the upper hand tonight.

Picture this: The six leading candidates in both parties getting together, pitching their spare change into one of those games where you use a crane controlled from outside the glass enclosure in order to get coins to drop out into a tray. It’s popular at many family restaurants in parts of the country. Dreamy isn’t it. Bipartisan agreement.

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year ago everybody knew the next President would be elected based on Iraq, illegal immigration and terrorism, and once again “everybody” was wrong. It is now all about a slumping economy exemplified by the per gallon price at America’s neighborhood gasoline stations. No amount of White House or Wall Street assurances; or highfalutin sounding puff will mean squat doodle if those gasoline price billboards stay where they are or, as predicted, continue to increase.

Hillary Clinton upstaged everyone Friday in a Los Angeles speech calling for a $70 billion economic stimulus package. By Saturday critics were hammering the idea of “vote buying”

Chris Rock cracked up the audience at his New Year’s Eve show with a few quips about Hillary Clinton. “I think America’s ready for a woman president . . . just not that woman,” Rock told the crowd at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

“Being married to somebody doesn’t make you good at their job. I’ve been with my wife 10 years now. If she got up here right now, y’all wouldn’t laugh.

Newsmax’s John LeBoutillier gives this gritty post
New Hampshire assessment paraphrased as follows: McCain’s support is among the so-called mainstream media, independent voters, and a thin slice of Democrats. Romney is an empty suit – when you look deep into his eyes all you see is the back of his head. Huckabee is a damn good candidate but he doesn’t have broad enough support. Ron Paul isn’t getting anywhere. Fred Thompson is a political dead man. Hizzoner Rudy is fading fast. Maybe the Republican candidate hasn’t even started yet.

Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney are tied nationally at 30% each according to polls released Sunday. Remarkably Giuliani has collapsed by 17% in one month. Mitt Romney, who has become the Eddie Haskell (Leave It To Beaver) who runs around disingenuously complimenting everyone, is more than holding is own. But, it is John McCain who is surging. McCain has tied Romney in New Hampshire while Romney has surged well ahead in Iowa. John McCain has the highest favorable rating (52%) and the smallest number committed to voting against him (33%) of any Presidential candidate in either party.

He spent a lifetime diligently pursuing his private and public law career, becoming a noteworthy mayor of a complex city but when 9/11 came along he was catapalted into the pool of possible candidates for president.