Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards showed his true colors on Saturday when he revealed his ‘plan’ for the American economy. His ideas would have been greeted with raving applause and adulation had he delivered the speech in Moscow in the 1930s.

According to CNN, Edwards stated that America can’t just wait for the economy to improve and better itself, dismissing most the basic premise of a free market. Instead the former South Carolina Senator called for congress to provide up to $100 billion to combat the perceived economic downturn.

Dark horse GOP presidential candidate Tom Tancredo announced on Thursday, his sixty-fifth birthday, that he was bowing out of the race. The Colorado representative cited the “incredibly long odds” he faced in his bid for the White House as his reason for stepping down.

The latest poll from NBC and the Wall Street Journal illustrates again that all players are still in contention for the republican nomination. The poll also shows a dip in former frontrunner Rudy Giuliani’s numbers, as well as stronger positions for Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.

Giuliani, who has been the clear frontrunner in virtually every national poll this year now ties at 20% of those polled with Mitt Romney. Gaining momentum in weeks of late, Mike Huckabee chimes in on the new poll with 17%. John McCain is still on the map with 14%. Fred Thompson claimed 11%.

Former Vice President Al Gore once again demonstrated his contempt for America last week with his speech to an international conference on global warming in Bali. The ‘Brains’ behind the science fiction masterpiece “An Inconvenient Truth” showed that his love for international attention was greater than his love for America.

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation's new national poll, which was released on Monday, showed Mike Huckabee pulling to within just two percentage points of National GOP frontrunner Rudy Giuliani. Huckabee’s numbers have more than quadrupled in the past two months.

Critical of last week’s National Intelligence Estimate over Iran’s nuclear capabilities, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated Iran’s desire to create nuclear weapons still posed a danger to Israel and the world.

“Iran continues its activities to enrich uranium, and even according to the NIE report, it is likely to accumulate sufficient amounts to create a nuclear weapon by 2010,” Olmert said. “Iran was, and remains dangerous, and we must continue international pressure with full force to dissuade Iran from nuclear tendencies.”

Polls show Republican presidential hopefuls are neck in neck in South Carolina, whose influential state primary will be held on January 19, a little more than a week after New Hampshire’s.

According to CNN.com, a new AP/PEW poll shows Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani tied at 19% of likely Republican voters, with Fred Thompson coming in at 18%. John McCain registered 13%, Mike Huckabee 10%, and Ron Paul chimed in with 6%. The poll went on to say that only 44% of voters strongly supported their candidate.

Mitt Romney gave a speech on Thursday in which his faith and religion played a central role. The speech, entitled “Faith in America,” was intended to answer questions regarding his Mormon faith from evangelical Christians and Southern Baptists. The support of Christian groups such as these would be very important should the Republican win the party nomination for President.

During a taping of the Ellen DeGeneres show on Tuesday Jenna Bush called her parents to the delight of the show’s host and the studio audience.

When DeGeneres asked the 26-year-old if it was hard for her to call home and talk to her dad anytime she said no, to which DeGeneres playfully asked her to prove it. When Jenna nervously called home, she told DeGeneres, “They’re going to kill me… I’m going to be in so much trouble.”

A recent Mason-Dixon poll puts Rudy Guliani, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson ahead of Clinton in the key state of Florida. Democrats are boycotting campaigning in the state as a result of Florida's early Jan. 29th primary. This looks to spell disaster as every leading Republican is beating Every leading Democrat in what used to be considered a swing state.