Rudy Is Toast  —  How's that for a bold prediction?  Seriously, I think Mark Steyn had it exactly wrong this afternoon, when he wrote: … If Romney hadn't won Michigan, I could almost imagine something like this happening.  (Indeed, I did imagine it, back when it looked like Romney might flame out early.)

allow me to interject  —  I will not, will not, vote for John McCain.  —  I will not, will not, vote for Mike Huckabee.  —  I will not, will not, vote for Ron Paul — unless he runs for Fuhrer.  In which case, he's got my full support.  —  I might hold my nose and vote for Mitt Romney …

SOME CLARITY ON THOSE NV DELEGATES  —  From NBC's Mark Murray  —  After the Obama campaign pointed out it had won more pledged delegates than Clinton did — which the AP and NBC News later backed up — the Nevada Democratic Party issued this statement: “Just like in Iowa what was awarded today were delegates to the County Convention.

The “public editor” of the New York Times really is nothing but a flack for the lefties  —  The “public editor” of the New York Times, Clark Hoyt, remains as ever unwilling to challenge the paper's editorial leadership on questions that matter.  Today's column is devoted …

Did Obama Lose Nevada Because of his Reagan Remarks?  —  I've discussed the ‘swing liberal’ block before, noting that this group moved from Obama to Clinton between Iowa and New Hampshire.  Unfortunately, we can't really fully understand this trend in Nevada because the entrance polls aren't great.

How Clinton hit pay dirt  —  The keys to her Nevada victory: a huge wave of new voters  —  If you want to know how Sen. Hillary Clinton won a convincing victory in Saturday's Nevada caucus, look back to a meeting Dec. 15 at William E. Orr Middle School in Las Vegas.

Not with a bang, but a whimper  —  So long, Fred; we hardly even knew ye.  —  Well, that's not entirely accurate — we knew you far better than we've known many a politician who's thrown his hat in the Presidential ring in years past (or even this year; see “Hunter, Duncan” or “Gravel, Mike” for examples).

The Four Horsemen Claim the Monoline Insurers.  Who's Next?  —  This week on our way to Financial Armageddon it was the turn of the monoline insurers to face the scythe.  For over two months AMBAC Financial and MBIA, the two biggest insurers of municipal and structured debt …

The Myth of Strategy  —  Looking back at the last 17 days of the primary season, it occurs to your Cardinal that despite all the talk to the contrary, every major candidate has exactly the same strategy, which is to say no real strategy at all.  Each has tried to win every big primary …

Ronald Reagan Is Still Dead  —  CONTEMPLATING the Clinton-Obama racial war, some Republicans were so excited you'd have thought Ronald Reagan had risen from the dead to slap around a welfare deadbeat.  —  Never mind that the G.O.P. is running on empty, with no ideas beyond the incessant repetition of Reagan's name.

Right on McCain's Chances ...  For months, I have been writing that John McCain is a viable candidate and that he has a “chance” to win this nomination.  —  Some people have taken this matter of political prognosis as an endorsement of McCain; It is not.  What I have, instead …