Roll Call: We Barely Knew Ye

• Republican Jim Gilmore drops from Presidential race to disappointment of dozens.

• Barack Obama wants to curbstomp "epidemic of violence."
• Even rats jumping off McCain campaign.
• Italian guy loosely related to mafia throws a Cleveland to Italian guy loosely related to mafia.
• Law & Order possibly unlawful, still orderly.

Tags: Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Jim Gilmore, John McCain, Law & Order, Roll Call, Rudy Giuliani, The Sopranos