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Arizona Sen. John McCain listens to a question Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 as he speaks in Seattle. The Republican presidential hopeful was in town to meet with supporters and address a luncheon held by the World Affairs Council and CityClub.

AP: McCain says Iraq could end his career

The state Democratic Party criticized McCain for his support for the war, calling him “worse than Bush” in a statement.

After the speech, McCain was asked by an audience member if he was “sucking up to the religious right.” He drew laughs by responding: “What’s wrong with sucking up to everybody?”

Right on both accounts.

And Senator McCain should plan for retirement…..

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The Rudy Giuliani Files

And Obama is fighting Cheney like he did with Australian Prime Minister Howard.

Flap knows who will win this fight……

Flap guesses the best W can hope for is NO news…..

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The Michael Ramirez Files

Hotline: Giuliani Accepts First Debate

The Hotline hears that… ex-NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani has accepted his first debate invitation. Appropriately enough, it’s for the May 3 gathering at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

And the Mayor has declined (along with Senator McCain) a New Hampshire debate on April 4.

Other debates scheduled include:

May 15, 2007 (Columbia, South Carolina), hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party

September 6, 2007 ( New Hampshire), hosted by Fox News

September 27, 2007 (Baltimore, Maryland), hosted by PBS

October 14, 2007 (Manchester, New Hampshire), hosted by ABC

January 22, 2008 or earlier (New Hampshire), hosted by Fox News

February 1, 2008 (Columbia, South Carolina), hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party

Well, if the voters don’t know the candidates by primary election season………..they never will.

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The Rudy Giuliani Files

Hugh Hewitt will play his interview (taped yesterday) with the Mayor today during the first two segments of his radio show – 3 PM PST.

The show and interview may be accessed here.

Update:

The show audio and podcast are here.

The transcript is here.

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The Rudy Giuliani Files

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, listens as U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks as they take a helicopter tour of the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007, over Los Angeles.

Politico: Exclusive: Arnold Defends Hillary, Mulls Senate Run

He told me in a 45-minute interview in his office in the state capitol Thursday:

• He will not rule out running for future public office including U.S. senator or mayor of Los Angeles when his term as governor expires in January 2011.
• He will not endorse a presidential candidate until after the Republican Convention in September 2008, even though he thinks Rudy Giuliani and John McCain are strong candidates and either could win the California primary.
• He wants a deadline for getting out of Iraq, even though he recognizes that President Bush does not.
• He thinks Democrats should stop criticizing Hillary Clinton for refusing to say she made a mistake by voting for the Iraq war.
• His wife, Maria Shriver, will “absolutely not” run for governor of California or any other public office, quashing speculation that a Schwarzenegger dynasty was in the making.

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This is a blow to Senator John McCain who already trails Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the latest polls.

The question is will Mitt Romney have much of an impact in California? And how does a three-way race in each Congressional district bode for each candidate?

Stay tuned…….

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