Tilting Scale: [Michael
van der Galien, PoliGazette]:
“The latest
Des Moines Register poll indicates that Iowa Independents prefer the Democratic
candidates over the Republican ones. … If this is true, not just for Iowa, but also for the
rest of the nation, the Republicans will have a major problem later this year.
They’ll have to reach out to Independents.”
Jumping Ship: [Edward
Morrissey, Captain’s Quarters]:
“This looks like an extension of the VP strategy, only with Obama as the
headliner rather than Hillary. Richardson
sees writing on the wall for Hillary's nomination, and he wants to partner with
the candidate he sees as the winning nominee.”
Dead Wrong: [Steve
Benen, The Carpetbagger
Report]: “But Bob
Novak’s hit-job on Hillary Clinton today is not just wrong, it doesn’t make
any sense at all. … As far as I can tell, Clinton
hasn’t triangulated at all.”
When in Doubt,
Simulate Reagan: [Erick, Redstate]:
“Frankly, regardless of the results today in Iowa
(and he's going to do better than some are expecting), I think Fred Thompson
needs to pull a Reagan '81 (i.e. make a big, bold ‘I ain't going anywhere’
stand), march to South Carolina,
and start throwing punches.”
--Ben Crair