Hey, I really can't believe I finished ahead of Bugs on your list, Pat, but thanks for putting me ahead of Mick, I don't think I could have lived down finishing behind him. I believe I do belong behind everybody you listed ahead of me (and I really belong behind Bugs and Huckabee too) and I hear Ed is considering running as Ron Paul's VP on an independent ticket.

I think Rudy may go into freefall because he's going to do poorly in New Hampshire as well and I think on the Republican side you're going to see a three man race between Romney, McCain and Huckabee. Hey, Ron Paul will probably finish ahead of Rudy in New Hampshire (as he did in Iowa) and the doubts about your boy Rudy are only going to grow. After New Hampshire (and to a lesser extent Wyoming) people are going to start playing the "Rudy who?" game. He's just going to sink like a stone and the guys that are winning are going to get all the press.

As for the Democrats it'll probably take a miracle (or some really vicious smear of Obama by Hillary and her people) for Obama not to win New Hampshire. The Clinton campaign is by far the most filthy gang in this race (they could give Rove a run for his money in the "ratfucking" department) and they will probably unleash something real ugly on him in the next few days. Edwards really needed Iowa to jumpstart things but I'm not going to give up hope. He may get a boost from his finish there and beating Hillary and I think it's a real possibility Hillary finishes third in New Hampshire and she'll finish third in South Carolina too. So she is falling. My dad's guy, Biden, has already dropped out so his voters and Dodd's voters have to go somewhere.

Super Tuesday on the 5th of next month could change everything because money will play a big part in that day.