Breakfast of Champions

I'm enjoying my morning bowl of Lucky Charms to the sounds of Rudy Giuliani and Rick Perry. The two of them are taking a conference call from the press right now -- to talk about their new alliance. They are in Washington... but will head to Iowa later in the day.

Perry says he's spent the last six months looking at all the candidates but decided on Giuliani within the past few weeks. He says he picked Giuliani because he can "get results" -- and that their "philosophical differences" on issues like abortion don't matter that much when the ultimate result of a Giuliani presidency will still be strict constructionists picked for the US Supreme Court.

"I know what kind of nominee Rudy Giuliani is going to put on the Supreme Court. A strict constructionist...versus a Clinton nominee that would cause people to wake up with a cold sweat in the middle of the night," Perry said.

Would Perry take a job as VP?
"I have a really really good job and I love my job. In fact I just moved out of the mansion and I'm not looking to move again," Perry said.

Would Giuliani pick Perry as a running mate?
"Governor Perry is at the top of everyone's list, my own and any other potential nominee. You don't make choices until you're the nominee but I suspect no matter what happens he'll be the top of list for a couple of candidates," Giuliani said.

And a last word from Governor Perry:
It was always clear to me -- he's an old time conservative, when you look at the record in NYC and you look at one he did there with taxes, regulation and crime fighting, he's a conservative in the model of Ronald Reagan.