Snow Job

God didn't want Mike Huckabee to win after all. Snow in places that have no snow plows may or may not have dampened the Huckster's turnout, but John McCain was able to win in South Carolina. (Count the puns, I don't care.)

This makes McCain the GOPer favorite, especially when (as I predict will happen) Fred Thompson drops out and endorses McCain. Money will start flowing McCain's way, fueled by the disdain for Romney. It sets up an interesting dynamic for November, if two old faces square off in a change election moment. I don't know how McCain expects to sell Iraq to a public deeply set against it, but if Hillary is the nominee it's going to be tense.

On the Dem side, John Edwards ran such a one note campaign that it's hard to see what he does now but remain John "a noun, a verb and a millworker's son" Edwards for the duration. Unfortunately he is unlikely to bow out and swing his supporters to Obama, but if he really cares about change, he will--and the sooner, the better.