Onward!

Well, New Hampshire was a wild ride last night. The good news is that whoever the Democratic nominee is, I'll be happy, because it's a good field. The Democrats are all smart people and any of them would blow the idiots in the current administration out of the water. My favorites are Edwards and Obama, but I have to admit, it will be fun to watch the right-wingers go nuts if Hillary ends up as our candidate.

Further, I think it's good to see the race go beyond these early states, so that the rest of the country has a chance to weigh in on this important decision (and encourage the candidates to continue to hash out the issues). However, while I suspect Obama, Edwards and Clinton are all in it for the long haul, I'm afraid a few Republicans won't be able to keep their campaigns going without some significant early victories -- Mitt can always write himself a check, but I think he's in a unique position. Huckabee, Thompson and Giuliani will be in trouble soon if they don't pick up a few early gold medals (to use Romney's parlance) -- and the pressure is on Rudy in particular after he sat out Iowa and New Hampshire, opting instead to put a lot of eggs in the Florida basket.

While we're waiting for the next round, here's the latest candidate/issues quiz to snake its way around the Internets (I took the candidates who are no longer in the race out of my results):

83% Barack Obama 82% John Edwards 80% Hillary Clinton 73% Bill Richardson 35% Rudy Giuliani	26% Ron Paul 20% John McCain 14% Mike Huckabee 13% Mitt Romney   5% Fred Thompson
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz