EX-VA. GOV. GILMORE EXPLORES GOP PREZ BID

Experience: Governor of medium-sized state (1 term); Chairman RNC (1 year)
Position sought: President of the United States of America

With the above resume tucked under his arm, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore has announced he is forming an exploratory committee with eye toward running for the GOP presidential nomination.

In an interview with the New York Times, Gilmore said there is a void among the current hopefuls - true conservative.

He then took a swipe, seemingly at one of his rivals for the "conservative" mantle, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

"I didn’t run some place and pretend I was a liberal and run someplace else as a conservative. I just didn’t do that."

RUDY'S WEB SITE IS UP AND RUNNING

Rudy Giuliani's presidential exploratory committee yesterday launched its official Web site. View it here.