Giuliani and Edwards are finally dropping out

Poor, stupid Rudy Giuliani. I can't believe he thought he could actually win. I mean, sure George W. Bush almost won the election back in 2000 based on name recognition but I think America has figured out that name recognition isn't enough. (In fact, what name recognition gets you is the worst president in the history of America.)

The thing I found funny was Rudy on TV yesterday, answering every question with "We're gonna win. We're gonna win and we're gonna go on to California." He was telling the country he believed he was gonna come from behind and pull off a win--even though all the polls showed him with, like, 13% support from voters. By all accounts, he'd end up in third--or maybe fourth--place. But he looked right into those cameras and said "We're gonna win." At one point, he actually suggested his campaign had lulled the other candidates into a "very false sense of security." And he mentioned how the polls in Nevada said Obama was going to beat Clinton but she won anyway. (Note to Rudy: Clinton was doing a smidge better than 13% in those polls.)

I really laughed at these things. This is a different reaction from when Giuliani first entered the fray. It will likely take decades for me to get over the incredible stupidity Americans displayed in 2000 and 2004 so Giuliani wanting to be president initially struck fear. Fortunately, he began unraveling with lightning speed. Watching him stumble repeatedly was really enjoyable. Watching him try recover by showing video grabs from the streets of New York City on September 11, 2001, however, was despicable.

As fate would have it, Rudy was right about the polls being wrong. He didn't get 13% of the vote. He got 15%. Of course, John McCain got 36% and Mitt Romney got 31%.

Yesterday, Rudy wouldn't answer question about whether he'd drop out of the race if he lost Florida. He said he doesn't deal in "hypotheticals." (Funny. When the reporters asked the question, it always sounded more like a "certainty.") By all indications, Giuliani will be publicly dropping out of the race tonight and throwing his considerably diminished clout behind John McCain.

But wait. There's more! John Edwards will beat Giuliani to the punch by dropping out during a speech this afternoon. He will be endorsing no one for now. (I suspect he'll wait until the picture gets a bit more clear and he'll support whomever looks to be more likely to get the nomination. That way, he might be asked to be his or her running mate.)

So we're pretty much looking at a two-person race on both sides: Clinton vs. Obama and McCain vs. Romney. Of course, Romney doesn't stand a chance which is a shame because either Clinton or Obama could handily mash him into tiny electoral bits.

Stay tuned people. It just got interesting!