Rudy Guiliani and John Edwards are announcing their plans to quit their run for the Presidency.

Following his third place finish in Florida, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to drop out of the presidential race today and endorse Sen. John McCain.

Last night, Giuliani stopped short of announcing he was stepping down, but delivered a valedictory speech that was more farewell than fight-on.

The former mayor finished a distant third to the winner, McCain, and close second-place finisher Mitt Romney. Republican officials said Giuliani would endorse McCain on Wednesday in California. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the public announcement.

“I’m proud that we chose to stay positive and to run a campaign of ideas in an era of personal attacks, negative ads and cynical spin,” Giuliani said as supporters with tight smiles crowded behind him. “You don’t always win, but you can always try to do it right, and you did.”

That’s unfortunate, John McCain doesn’t need any more endorsements. Guy’s ahead and not a conservative by a long shot. Well, it’s down to a two man race. McCain vs Romney with Huckabee running as a spoiler to take votes away from Romney. At least that opinion has been voiced, forget by who. I’m rather hoping McCain doesn’t win. McCain-Kennedy and McCain-Feingold being two reasons why.

Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters’ sympathies, The Associated Press has learned.

The two-time White House candidate notified a close circle of senior advisers that he planned to make the announcement at a 1 p.m. EST event in New Orleans that had been billed as a speech on poverty, according to two aides. The decision came after Edwards lost the four states to hold nominating contests so far to rivals who stole the spotlight from the beginning — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

The former North Carolina senator will not immediately endorse either candidate in what is now a two-person race for the Democratic nomination, said one adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the announcement. Clinton said Wednesday that Edwards called her to inform her about his decision.

Another two man or man and woman race, Obama vs Clinton. It’s getting tighter on both sides. We’ll see after next Tuesday if it stays that way or if there will be a clear-cut winner on either side. This may be an election where voting will be optional as there won’t be a conservative in the offering at least noone that I would want.