Rumors are floating that Ralph Nadar is about to get is candidacy on … more to follow. UPDATE: Ben Smith w/ Politico has more 

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

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 …

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

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 …

Pershing: Pots, Kettles and Earmarks Bres: Hoyer blasts Republicans on earmark moratorium Pershing: Bush Hits on Stimulus, Earmark Reform As an aside, press releases “reacting” to the speech from left and right have been rolling in for a couple of hours, but Capitol Briefing can’t share them with you because …

O’Connor: Emerson will stay in the House

Pershing: SOTU Expectations Low on the Hill “I pretty much have lost hope, but the good news tonight is that it’s his last speech,” said Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.).