One thing clear out of the GOP race is that that race is blown wide open. McCain has momentum but he’s going into states where he can’t rely on independent voters. Romney is almost down for the count, but not quite. And he’s got plenty of money to keep fighting as long as he wants. And then, oh yeah, Mike Huckabee. He’s likely to win South Carolina next week. And he’s ahead nationally. Some people think this leaves Rudy still in contention by default. Maybe but I really don’t see it.
And on the Democratic side …
Even if Hillary doesn’t win this thing, if she loses by only a percentage point or two, she’ll have plenty of claim to a political comeback. More than enough to hearten her supporters and calm any sense that she’s getting run out of this race on a rail.
We could be looking at a situation in which the first two contests on both sides — the ones that usually tell the tale — have settled very little.
