Front-runner 1
"When Mayor [Rudolph W.] Giuliani takes the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., at noon [today], it will mark the end of a long, strange, fitful anti-courtship between the man increasingly known as 'Rudy' and a venerable right-wing institution that just doesn't know what to make of a crime-fighting, welfare-reforming, abortion-supporting, drag-wearing foreign-policy hawk," Ryan Sager writes in the New York Sun.
"CPAC is the conservative movement's annual family reunion. Two years ago, Mr. Giuliani was the black sheep. Though he won the yearly CPAC presidential straw poll in 2005, measuring the mood primarily of younger convention-goers, he was decidedly persona non grata with the higher-ups. The former mayor, known for his leadership after the September 11, 2001, attacks, asked to speak — he even offered to waive his usual fee — but was flatly rebuffed. 'I would assume he wanted to come here to boost his conservative credentials, but we didn't think that would be useful,' David Keene, the head of the American Conservative Union, which runs CPAC, sniffed at the time to a Rudy-friendly columnist, Deroy Murdock. ...
"The reception Mr. Giuliani gets at CPAC [today] will be telling. ... Because, after all, the conservative movement has to begin dealing with the fact that Mr. Giuliani is now not only the 'viable candidate' Mr. Keene denied he was, but far more — he is the front-runner."
Front-runner 2
Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani was leading 10 other candidates last night in a nonbinding straw poll in South Carolina's conservative Spartanburg County, the Associated Press reports.
With 71 of 75 precincts reporting, Mr. Giuliani garnered 123 votes. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California was running in second place with 110 votes, and Sen. John McCain of Arizona was third with 86 votes, county Republican officials said.
Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas had 68 votes, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had 59 votes and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee rounded out the front-runners with 18 votes.
The voting isn't binding and is conducted as the county party goes about the business of organizing precincts and ultimately sending people to its county convention and the state Republican convention in May.
Booted from Navy
By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times
Obama was excoriated for continuing the Bush administration's strictest national security policies, including indefinite detention, military commissions and a "targeted kill" program that authorizes the government to take out suspected terrorists anywhere. Published 8:56 p.m. July 29, 2010
By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
The House ethics committee officially lodged charges against Rep. Charles B. Rangel, including that he used his office to raise $8 million for a college public policy center named after him and didn't file taxes while he was Congress' chief tax writer. Published 8:56 p.m. July 29, 2010
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