Here are a few updates on the movements of the Presidential candidates:

* As of Friday morning, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. John McCain and Rep. Duncan Hunter are locked in a dead heat in the Spartanburg County, South Carolina Presidential straw poll. Giuliani led the tally Thursday night, but continued counting this morning has closed the gap. Final numbers are supposed to be released Friday afternoon.

* Ben Smith reports on a private Hillary gathering with a gay group that for some reason wasn't on her public schedule.

* Former Sen. Rick Santorum, who was recently signed by Fox News to be a contributor, told the Politico yesterday that of the GOP field, the "only one I wouldn’t support is [Sen. John] McCain."

* Rudy Giuliani announced today that Patrick Oxford will serve as the chairman of his Presidential exploratory committee. Oxford is currently the Managing Partner of Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP and is active in Houston and Texas civic affairs.

* CPAC continues today. On the day's agenda are Rep. Duncan Hunter, Sen. James Inhofe, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Sen. Arlen Specter, Rep. Mike Pence and Ann Coulter. Live-blogging from a conservative POV is Robert Bluey and from a liberal POV is Campus Progress.

* On the heels of news that he is push-polling in Iowa, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore is planning to launch attack ads tomorrow via YouTube and his own website that accuse GOP frontrunners Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney of not sharing "conservative values." Gilmore even echoes DNC head Howard Dean in the ad, describing himself as representing "the Republican wing of the Republican Party."

* Mitt Romney pointedly took shots at both Rudy Giuliani and John McCain yesterday while speaking in New Hampshire. Romney told a crowd of voters that McCain was setting the "wrong course" for the country with his immigration policy while making sure to point out that Giuliani held liberal positions on gay rights, abortion and gun control.

More after the jump.

* In a sign of comity between candidates, John McCain has accepted the campaign finance challenge of the Democrat who defended his "wasted lives" comment yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama. Both senators are now set to only take public financing for the general election should they both win their respective party's nomination.

* With Barack Obama set to speak before AIPAC today, the Republican National Committee has issued an opposition research memo attacking Obama as inexperienced with foreign policy.

* Sen. Hillary Clinton, with Bill in tow, will attend back to back fundraisers in Miami, Florida on March 31 at the homes of Chris Korge, a longtime donor, and Timbaland, a record producer and rapper.

* Democrats in the Congressional Black Caucus are split over who to invite as the keynote speaker at the group's annual gala on April 13: Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

* Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee picked up the endorsement of South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds. today. Other notable South Dakota endorsements include Sen. Tim Johnson for Barack Obama, Sen. John Thune for John McCain, former Sen. Tom Daschle for Obama and Rep. Stephanie Herseth leaning towards John Edwards.

* Apparently, Sen. Barack Obama's ancestors owned slaves. His campaign responded to the news by saying Obama's ancestors "are representative of America" and "another fought for the Union in the Civil War."

* Turns out that Hillary Clinton's long locked away senior thesis at Wellesley College on radical organizer Saul Alinsky is now publicly available for anyone who wishes to visit the school.

* Meanwhile, Clinton warned yesterday of a "slow erosion of our own economic sovereignty" due to foreign-held debt, a loss of manufacturing jobs and increased dependence on foreign-made products.

* President Bush is the star attraction at a fundraising dinner tonight in Louisville, Ky., for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the National Republican Senatorial Committee that is expected to bring in more than $2 million.

* Michigan is moving its primary up to at least Feb. 9. If other states move their primaries up even further, Michigan may follow suit.

* John McCain is in his home state of Arizona today for a major fundraiser costing $2,300 per person for preferred seating and $1,000 per person for reserved seating.

* Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is displeased with the focused attention early polls recieved during his time as a Presidential candidate. Vilsack told Iowa Public Television that people "should not pay attention to early polls," especially in Iowa, where he says "polls are not accurate in terms of caucus support" and that he "would have won the Iowa caucuses" if he hadn't been forced out of the race by a lack of fundraising ability.

* Sen. Christopher Dodd is in South Carolina today.

* Meanwhile, Colorado is the destination of many high-profile political guests these days: Karl Rove will speak at the Colorado Republican Party's "Re-Paint the State Red" dinner tonight, former Sen. John Edwards campaigned in Denver on Thursday, Mike Huckabee will address a Focus on the Family group in Colorado Springs on Saturday and Dodd will meet with Colorado Democrats on Monday in private meetings.

* Rep. Tom Tancredo criticized US policy towards Taiwan yesterday, saying "we've been far too ambiguous about how we relate to Taiwan, to the nation of Taiwan, to the country of Taiwan."

* New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is campaigning in Iowa today.