Why would you listen to Bob Novak?

One longtime Democratic consultant, not involved in any campaign this time, suggested that Clinton propose a genuine universal health-care scheme.

duh.  Only one?  

The consultant gave the idea to somebody close to the senator, but the intermediary refused to pass it on to the candidate.

And the candidate, who believes she knows more about health care reform than anybody else running, had absolutely no idea that universal healthcare was an option.

You may get to the same result without Bob Novak's "facts"- but why on earth would you give him and his "facts" any credence?  

Obama may very well win tonight and you may get your crushing Clinton defeat.  But take whatever Novak says with a grain of salt.  Somebody wanted this senseless story out there to make Penn the fall guy.

Booman, I have already started to celebrate Clintons loss. The Cosmos are being mixed!
Some of those tire tracks that remain on my body from being thrown under the bus in the 90's(DOMA, DONT ASK DONT TELL,NAFTA) will finally start to heal.
But look out for the bloodbath and the DLC vicious trolls that will be released by McCauliff, Carville and Begala. It gonna git' ugly out there very soon!

I think you're right about Hillary seeing an embarrassing defeat tonight. HOWEVER, I don't think it will be by Obama. His supporters are concentrated in certain precincts and much of his support just isn't going to show up because they are young and flaky. Much of his support at rallies has been by people out-of-state just there to see him speak. Those people didn't look like Iowans to me. Dana Milbank illustrates this well in his column this morning.

I hate making predictions about things that are so up in the air, but from my readings of late and my watching of all the campaign rallies, looking for who's there, what towns they're in and whatnot, I think Edwards has much stronger support where it matters than Obama does. The old folks and overweight albino rural women are angry and they're going to show up for Edwards. And the trading of supporters' loyalty (endorsements) between the candidates will have little if any real effect.

I predict Edwards will come out on top by a pretty good margin, followed by Obama. Then Clinton.

But then again, my predictions are no better than anyone else's. So we'll just have to wait - until tomorrow - and see. Because I think the media's predictions based on Entrance Polls will be wrong as well. Entrance polls to a Democratic Caucus are not accurate like Exit Polls of a secret-ballot election because what goes on inside that caucus is so fluid and the peer pressure that goes on inside is powerful.

For the Republicans, Huckabee will win in a landslide. His supporters are determined and he's the only one "genuine" enough to bother showing up for. Hell, Ron Paul could come in second for the same reason. Fans of the phonies will stay home and watch football.

I'm keep having the same nightmare, in which Obama is dressed as a stalking horse .

Fullerg

...clever title. Heh. One can only hope.

Now I'll just go back to reading the thoughtful analysis presented on this post.

Can't hear ya, Peach!