RUDY THE UNITER: “As America rushes into the wide-open 2008 presidential primary season, about the only thing that is certain is this: Bush fatigue. Republicans desperately need a new face painted on their party. Enter center-right Rudy Giuliani. For many, he appears to be holding the right brush.”

I’ve noted this before, but just as George H.W. Bush ran as not-Reagan in 1988, the GOP nominee will run as not-Bush in 2008.

UPDATE: Don Surber: “He is a stand-up guy. Let him waffle on abortion and gay marriage. Presidents don’t decide those issues: The people do by having abortions and being gay.”