Julie, the real fun part of this topic over all the other ones, is that this one actually has an ending.

This one will come to a final moment when the voting starts and the talking stops.

We will know one way or the other how this will play out....


I have give my predictions, and I will do so right up to the moment people are starting to vote in Iowa, (or whatsver they do there?)

My predictions:
I know being that Mitt is a mormon and you are two, that it's only natural that you want to support your team in the big game.

Be that as it may, in time the novelty of having a guy with your faith or your skin color in the White House wears off very fast...

So lets just see how this election might stack up for Mitt?

The first place to make news in this election will be Iowa, (Jan 3rd)
Mitt can lose Iowa with no real damage to his chances.

What we have learned in the past is, "As Iowa goes, so goes....Iowa"

So as long as Mitt is a respectable 2nd or 3rd, there is no issue not winning.

The real test of Mitt is on Jan 10 in New Hampshire.
This is the place where Mitt can bury the rest of the pack, or really screw up and be in for a nasty fight over the next few weeks.

The best thing that Mitt can have happen is that he wins big in New Hampshire. If Mitt wins, and wins big, most of the pack will have packed it in as they would not have the money to hang on untll January 21, atSouth Carolina.

South Carolina is always the ideal spot for a Christian to break out of the pack....This would have been the state for cain to rise to the top. But if cain os all but finished right now, this means that South Carolina will be the big religious test for Mitt.

If Mitt does well by South Carolina, then that means that the Christians are swinging in behind him, and he is all set.

However if Mitt cant win Sough Carolina, ...or worse, if Mitt drops to 3rd or lower there it means that he better start looking at "Christians Only" when he thinks about a VP,

Florida is on Jan 31, and it will be all over by then one way or the other...

So the best thing for Mitt is to place 2nd in Iowa, and then win in New Hampshire.


Whats the worst news for Mitt?
What would be the sign for you to look for that Mitt has totally failed?

Look for Mitt to come in 3rd in Iowa, and then 2nd in New Hampshire.
That would lead to a 3rd or 4th pl;ace finish in South Carolina.
and that brings us to Florida where Mitt would have to drop out if he could not bring home a victory.
But...we shall see....