MSNBC Is Reporting John Edwards Will Drop Out Of The Race UPDATE: The Associated Press

Cillizza: McCain Win Cements GOP Frontrunner Status Lieberman Rules Out Running with McCain JoMa: Rudy ‘very likely’ to get behind McCain

EE: Impeached Democrats for Hillary AP: Obama Gives Away Money Tied to Donor Ben Smith: “Not a bad night for returning some Rezko money. Maybe Hillary wishes she hadn’t worked so hard to own the news cycle.”

Halperin: The “Stop Romney” Coalition –Rudy to endorse McCain in Cali. Guiliani hints at ending 2008 presidential bid Rudy had cash bar at “victory party”

Ericka Andersen: Straight from the Energy and Commerce Committee

Hoyer seeks bipartisanship on trade (10/03/07) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday night that he was committed to building bipartisan support behind trade agreements with Colombia and South Korea that are dividing his caucus. Hoyer: Doubtful U.S. will pass trade deals (01/29/08) Congress is unlikely to pass a …

McGrane: Mortgage woes yield high interest on Hill

Suite Talk Johnston to Steptoe & Johnson Francis Watley (DLC) to Holland & Knight Moschella (DOJ) to Brownstein Harmala (Berman) & Huey to Kilpatrick Stockton Irace to ACC

Barack Obama‘s camp released a post-SC memo, saying Hillary Clinton‘s camp “will likely wave shiny baubles in front of the media to try and divert their focus” for 2/5.

10 tips for what to do with your tax rebate [blow it] New home sales plunge 26% in 2007 [crashed] Looking for a part-time job? [beer money] Balls Out [have you seen my baseball?] PTI host suffers minor heart attack [prayers] CBS Early Show Anchor asks Sen. Kennedy about Obama’s …

President Bush, gives Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) a quick shine before his SOTU address. (By Rich Lipski — The Washington Post)

Bres: Sebelius is up now And gosh, she was terrifically boring. Today, I went from Barack Obama to George Bush to Kathleen Sebelius, and I seemed like I was going downhill in rhetorical ability-o-meter. Wow. …but, he does kiss Rahm’s Ring: Rahm sums up the Bush speech pretty well

Mary Katharine Ham is Keith Olbermann’s Worst Person in the World

O’Connor: Shays to Bush, “Lighten Up!” Most other questions revolved largely around foreign policy, with Republicans asking about Bush’s recent trip to the Middle East — and Bush was able to neutralize his folksy nemesis, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, a close ally who loves to tweak the president with his …