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It is noteworthy that Rudy - the media, pollster, and bettor idea of a front runner as recently as 3 months ago - and Thompson, an FR favorite, between them barely matched Ron Paul - and came nowhere near candidates one or both pretend to despise, who also happen to be successful long-serving politicians.

I don’t know how valid it is, or what it takes, but some of the voters in Michigan claim they voted for Paul to give him the false impression he had a surge behind him so he would go third party in November and sink the Republicans.

Don’t know what it takes to get on a Presidential Ballot but the guy could hook up with Huckabee and give us a Twilight Zone pair that could appeal to nut jobs from both parties.

This is a weird primary season, for sure. I think Rudy and Fred are both suffering from their decision to sit out the first part of the race. Thompson got into IA at the last minute, and managed to show in 3rd, but McCain stole his thunder by basically tying him, and since everyone knew McCain was favored in NH, he became the other story out of IA(Huckabee and Obama being the main stories.) Fred just hasn't been newsworthy.

If Rudy wins some big states on super tuesday, he's back in the mix, but I think the late arrivers made a mistake, and will pay for it. People may not pay complete attention, but they know who's in the game and who's not. Rudy and Fred will likely be gone by the time the Super Tuesday votes are counted.

Even if Fred wins SC, it's still sort of like, so what? It's looking more and more like it's gonna come down to McCain, Huck, and Romney. Folks can piss and moan about the MSM all they want, but the lay of the land is well known. It's their job to overcome it.