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…and the most important thing happening in P Diddy’s life is his announcement that he’s changing his name, again. What in the world are we gonna do?

More insanity, here, here and here.

Oh, and this is complete crap too.

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Celebrity, P Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Combs, Sean John, Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse, Heath Ledger

He downplays his influence in a hypothetical Billary Administration. Heh, riiiiight.

Hopefully, we won’t have to worry about this.

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Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, President, White House

Fred Thompson will drop out of the race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

Fred Thompson plans to drop his presidential bid, FOX News learned Tuesday.

Thompson has begun calling friends, family members and supporters to tell them his campaign is over. He left Nashville Tuesday afternoon for McLean, Va., where he is expected to make an announcement about his campaign as early as Tuesday night.

The former Tennessee senator and actor has not won any early primary or caucus contests and finished third in the South Carolina primary Saturday.

More, from the AP:

“Today, I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort,” Thompson said in a statement.

Thompson’s fate was sealed last Saturday in the South Carolina primary, when he finished third in a state that he had said he needed to win.

In the statement, Thompson did not say whether he would endorse any of his former rivals. He was one of a handful of members of Congress who supported Arizona Sen. John McCain in 2000 in his unsuccessful race against George W. Bush for the party nomination.

See also: CNN, Reuters

Let the VP speculation begin…

MORE: Dan Riehl – “Call it an intervention.”

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2008 Election, Fred Thompson, GOP, Politics, President, Republicans

This is priceless.

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2008 Election, Bill Clinton, Sleepy

…and selfish.

Tad Devine, a Democratic consultant who was a senior adviser to the Democratic presidential candidates in 2000 and 2004, said that even without taking first place in primary states, Mr. Edwards has reason to stay in and possibly influence the result at the nominating convention.

“Even though he doesn’t expect to win, he expects to do well enough to win delegates,” Mr. Devine said. “Anybody who can command 15 percent of the vote and get on the ballot can wind up with literally hundreds of delegates at the convention, and that’s a pretty strong position to be in.”

So, the role Edwards seeks is kingmaker. Meanwhile, he goes out each day acting like he’s working hard to get votes that will benefit him, when in actuality, they’ll end up benefitting Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Why then would anyone really vote for John Edwards if their vote ultimately ends up with someone else? Ignorance is bliss with sheep, I guess.

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards

Who says a “W” is a “W” when it’s really the delegate count that determines the genuine winner?

Barack Obama may have won the most delegates in Saturday’s Nevada Caucus, even though Hillary Clinton bested his statewide turnout by about six points.

A source with knowledge of the Nevada Democratic Party’s projections told The Nation that under the arcane weighting system, Obama would win 13 national convention delegates and Clinton would win 12 delegates. The state party has not released an official count yet.

Barack Obama released an official statement celebrating a delegate victory. “We came from over twenty-five points behind to win more national convention delegates than Hillary Clinton because we performed well all across the state, including rural areas where Democrats have traditionally struggled,” he said.

Spin, spin, spin. Yet, the delegate count is important, and Obama deserves to call this a win. It means February 5th is just as important for the Democrats as it is for the Republicans.

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Nevada, Politics, Republicans

If McCain and Huckabee are neck and neck in South Carolina, that must mean that Fred Thompson won’t win. And what if?

“Fred Thompson made it clear at a midday campaign stop that he won’t continue in the race without a strong showing out of South Carolina tonight. ‘We’ll see how we have to do, we’ll see what the results are,’ Thompson said, when questioned at a small press availability if he needed to win to go forward. ‘I’ve always said I have to do very well here; there’s no question about that. I stand by that. … We won’t have too much longer to wait.'”

Given what looks like a loss in South Carolina, when will Fred pull out? Tonight? Sunday? And who will he endorse? Romney? McCain? If he gets behind McCain, look for a whole lotta conservative backlash. My guess is he’ll wait out an endorsement until the nomination comes into focus a bit more.

Update: McCain wins South Carolina.

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2008 Election, Campaign, GOP, Republicans, Fred Thompson, South Carolina

Do we have an official front runner now?

Mitt Romney won the Nevada Republican caucuses Saturday, scoring dramatic back-to-back victories in the race for the nomination.

With 86 percent of caucus sites reporting, Romney had 53 percent in the state, followed by John McCain with 13 percent, Ron Paul with 13 percent, Mike Huckabee with 8 percent, Fred Thompson with 8 percent, Rudy Giuliani with 2 percent and Duncan Hunter with 2 percent.

Mitt just didn’t win Nevada. He pulled out a can o’ whupass and cleaned up. Mr. Romney leads the delegate race right now, by a pretty nice margin too. Of course, nothing is settled until February 5th, but as of now, he’s sittin’ pretty.

Question is, can I support him if he does turn out to be the GOP nominee?

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2008 Election, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, Nevada, GOP

The same age Elvis was when he died…that’s me, today.

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Happy Birthday