well punditry is a disease so here's a quick go. romney is in freefall. i say he's got no contituency and no center. he'll get crushed by mccain in nh; if ron paul did better than mitt in nh it wouldn't shock me. it'll be huckabee and mccain into feb 5. huckabee is a fiercely good politician, btw: i'm listening to him kill the victory speech right now. i think it'll end up being mccain, but huckabee is so much a more viable candidate than say pat robertson that it's not funny. and it is not impossible that he will be the next pres. rudy i think is not going to do that much, but i could be wrong about this. hill's fall is slower than mitt's, but it's a fall anyway and she too will get beat in nh and then flatline no matter how much money and expertise she's got onhand. it'll obviously be obama by this time next week, though i think edwards is liable to survive long enough to catch a little obama backlash.