I’m short on time but thought these two stories deserved at least a mention:

Republicans walk out of House

House Republicans today walked out of the chamber en masse to protest the Democratic leaders’ refusal to revisit an update of the nation’s domestic wiretapping rules before the current law expires at midnight tomorrow.

Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio led the walkout, saying Democrats were playing political games by calling a vote on contempt charges against White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in the 2006 firing of U.S. attorneys.

Republicans say that the wiretapping law should be addressed first and is paramount to national security must be not be allowed to expire.

Once again it is clear that the left is more interested in “getting Bush” than addressing serious issues regarding the safety of our country. Of course they are attempting to spin this as the Republicans fighting the contempt charges against Bolten and Miers.

The other news is:

Romney to endorse McCain

Republican campaign dropout [You've got to love that description. Jim] Mitt Romney agreed Thursday to endorse Sen. John McCain for the party’s presidential nomination and ask his national convention delegates to swing behind the front-runner, according to officials familiar with the decision.

Romney collected 280 delegates during his run through the early primaries and caucuses, enough to move McCain close to the total of 1,191 needed to clinch the nomination a full nine months before the November general election.

I have read and heard on the radio that the official announcement is scheduled for 3:30 eastern time in Boston.