In campaign news, Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has backed former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to be president. Robertson’s endorsement surprised some analysts. Days after the 9/11 attacks, Robertson publicly said he agreed with Jerry Falwell’s assessment that liberal groups, feminists and homosexuals were partly responsible for the attacks. On Wednesday, Giuliani said he and Robertson became close after an airplane ride from the Middle East. Giuliani said, “We had a lot of time coming back from Israel to talk about our understanding of how important Israel is to the United States, how important they are in this whole vast effort that we’re involved in in this terrorist war against us.”