The National Journal's Hotline has updated its rankings of Republican 2008 contenders. John McCain stays at #1, but Mitt Romney falls to #3 while Rudy Guiliani rises to #2. According to the Hotline, "The former NYC mayor rises to our No. 2 position because he's earned it, and because Romney has had a dismal month." In related news, Giuliani is WAAAAYYYY ahead in California, with 41% compared to McCain's 17% and Romney's 10%.
By the way, if anyone cares, the Hotline ranks former Virginia Governor Jim "No Car Tax" Gilmore #10. Only Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul rank lower. Hotline's analysis of Gilmore is basically a sarcastic comment, "Still waiting to see whether he'll take time off from his law practice to campaign." C'mon Jim, I was so looking forward to using the line, "He drove Virginia into a ditch, imagine what he can do for America." Please don't make me waste it! Ha.
P.S. Markos has his latest "Dem Cattle Call" rankings. I can't say I disagree with his analysis in any significant way, including his "ugh" comment for Dennis Kucinich. Why "ugh?" See here to find out. :)
I agree that Clark isn't running. I think he intended to, and changed his mind. Which would explain why he was at the Winter Meeting, but not at Carson City this week.
The netroots went from Dean to Gore to Feingold to Clark looking for a candidate for 08. Now they've moved on to Edwards, Obama and others. Clark doesn't understand the concept of striking while the iron is hot.
The top 5 Democratic contenders (using Markos' rankings) have been married a total of five times, if my Wikipedia research is correct. That's one apiece.
Now, I think people who have been married multiple times are often fine, moral people. (Jim Webb and myself come to mind.) But for a political party that keeps talking about defending the sanctity of marriage . . . ha!