Political bits

(AP) That crazy Catholic Archbishop is now saying he would deny Giuliani communion. (First the evangelicals, now the Catholics....)

(NYSun) Maybe the reason McCain is backing off his "Christian President" statements is because now the Jewish Anti-Defamation League is after him.

(WaPo) Polling shows that Bill Clinton is an asset to Hillary Clinton. (But what's really interesting was the ABC reporter on Nightly News referencing the same poll to say that Bill Clinton polled as more of an asset to Hillary Clinton than 9/11 polled as an asset to Rudy Giuliani.)

(CNN) NM Sen. Pete Domenici is expected not to run in 2008.

And, the reviews of Thompson on the stump are pretty harsh.

Twenty-four minutes after he began speaking in a small restaurant the other day, Fred Thompson brought his remarks to a close with a nod of his head and an expression of thanks to Iowans for allowing him to “give my thoughts about some things.” Then he stood face to a face with a silent audience.

“Can I have a round of applause?” Mr. Thompson said, drawing a rustle of clapping and some laughter.

“Well, I had to drag that out of you,” he said.

Roger Simon's Politico column has a pretty funny and fairly long collection of some of Thompson's stump inanities.