Romney and Giuliani Make Pitch to Conservatives  —  Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York are both Republican presidential candidates who have been voted into office by largely Democratic electorates.  They both have a history of taking liberal positions on social issues.

COULTER FATIGUE  —  Just so we can get it out of the way and deny any of you lefties an opening.  —  1. Yes.  —  2. No.  —  3. Yes  —  4. Yes  —  If you actually need the questions, go here and here.  I've answered them before and don't feel like repeating myself.

The lunatic right returns  —  Bad news for Republicans: Leading conservatives are embracing former Swift Boaters.  —  IF YOU HATED IT the first time, you might like the sequel better.  —  Remember Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the right-wing goon squad whose defamatory insinuations helped sink John Kerry's presidential campaign?

ANN COULTER'S CRIMINAL INTENT  —  Just a few hours ago, my friend Dan Borchers — a conservative Christian who is writing a book about Ann Coulter's "extermination speak" — was bodily wrestled out of CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) by four of Ann Coulter's bodyguards.

Noticeably Absent From the Giuliani Campaign: His Children  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani at his inaugural as mayor of New York in 1994, where his son, Andrew, 7, captured the show.  But Andrew was not at events like the one in Spartanburg, S.C., last month, right, part of Mr. Giuliani's bid for the presidency …

KILLING FIELDS THEN AND NOW  —  The Times (London) is giving away a DVD of "The Killing Fields" to readers today.  It has called on William Shawcross to comment on the film and has published his column "Remember: For Cambodia, read Iraq."  Shawcross refers to his own experience researching the events depicted in the film: