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Who’s Toast

The always informative Steven Taylor tells us:

• John McCain: His win last night has moved him into near front-runner status. I continue to think that he will be the last man standing on the GOP side and therefore win by default (more or less). As George Carlin noted, sometimes being a leftover isn’t a bad thing.


• Mitt Romney: All chat aside about 1 gold (Wyoming) and 2 silvers, unless he wins in Michigan, he’s toast. And at the moment, that is far from a foregone conclusion, as he only leads in two out of four polls over at RCP, and in those he only leads by 1 point.


• Mike Huckabee: My sense is that he will get one more boost as things swing southward, and then he’ll fizzle.


• Rudy Giuliani: I continue to be unimpressed by Mayor Late State. In simple terms: single digits in NH no es bueno.


• Ron Paul: NH was Paul’s big chance to make a dramatic splash. Instead, he did basically what the polls said he would. (Please note that fact would you, Paul fans?) He has the money to stay in the race for a while, and I am sure that what he’ll do. However, his fringe status remains intact.


• Fred Thompson: Ever heard the phrase “one and done”? Well, a 1% showing in NH means you’re done.

Sadly, I suspect he’s right about my man Fred. Which means it’ll be time to start thinking about which of the top three is the lesser of 3 evils. I hate that. Of course, there’s always this option: