First, Giuliani:

Exhibit A

Exhibit B.

Read away. Both are quick reads and informative in their own way. While Peggy Noonan struggles with the concept of reasonableness, I’ll set the bar at basic honesty. None of these Republicans can even meet that.

Then, we have the ridiculousness that’s the Romney campaign, best summarized by this quote:

But I do not think I have ever seen a candidate who has moved so far, so quickly, so shamelessly and so cynically across the political spectrum as Mitt Romney. I say “cynically” because that’s what it is; it should be painfully obvious to anyone with clear political vision that Romney’s political conversion was borne out of nothing so much as pure calculation. He thought he could win as a conservative, so he became one. If he thought he could win as a pirate, he would have become a pirate.

Sure, that last sentence is the funniest and most accurate description of the Mitt Romney, the candidate. But, the best observation in that post has to be the final line:

But if Mitt Romney does wind up as the GOP candidate, it will be an immensely revealing election for those who had the gall to deride John Kerry as a flip-flopper.

Well, duh… but you’ll NEVER see that on the evening news or the Sunday talk shows or the political press. After all, IOKIYAR. After all, it’s not just Romney. McCain and Giuliani have some pretty egregious flips, too.

(the quote found via Atrios)