Who's supporting the Republican presidential candidates?

A surprise announcement today: Pat Robertson, a popular conservative Christian and televangelist, has endorsed Rudy Giuliani for president. This comes about a month after other prominent conservative Christian leaders had a conference to discuss the idea of putting forth a third-party candidate if Giuliani won the Republican nomination. The New York Times article about the endorsement points out that the announcement today may overshadow former candidate Sam Brownback's announcement that he is endorsing John McCain (poor McCain, he can't seem to catch a break).

When making his endorsement, Robertson focused on Giuliani's stance against "the blood lust of Islamic terrorists" and admired Giuliani's record as a "true fiscal conservative" (it's so hard for me to write this objectively, so I have to add this in now: being a "Christian" and a fiscal conservative is hypocritical). Robertson conveniently left the subject of abortion, which Giuliani has previously supported, out of his speech. First neocons, now this. News flash, Giuliani, neocons and the New Christian Right are fading along with the popularity of the Iraq War.

And on to an interesting article from the Washington Post about the family of the "the decider." The Bushes are all over the place in terms of endorsements for president. Well, that is, all over the place on the Republican side, of course. The three most visible members -- the president, his father and his brother Jeb -- are keeping quiet, but their relatives aren't being shy about who they want to win the Republican primaries. From Fred Thompson, to Rudy Giuliani, to Mitt Romney, this family can't seem to stand united.