23 Feb 07 Vilsack Who?

So Ex-Gov Tom Vilsack has withdrawn from the presidential race only 15-weeks after announcing his bid. He claimed that he just couldn’t contend with the amount of money the celebri-candidates are able to raise and it’s simply become a money game, not an issues and policy game.

On the one hand he is right, on the other that is simply how the game is played. I don’t exactly agree with it either, but it’s the best we’ve got right now. Right now it is the invisible primary stage, all you can really do is hoot and holler and raise money. He just didn’t holler enough, then again maybe that would have been bad too (*cough* Howard Dean).

I think the Democratic nomination is going to become a three-horse race between Obama, Clinton and Edwards rather quickly. Bill Richardson has been able to raise a lot of money, but he just doesn’t have the showmanship, and that goes a long way. Joe Biden might be able to hang on if his foot-in-mouth disease doesn’t act up again. Mike Gravel (who?) and Chris Dodd (who!?) won’t might make it to New Hampshire, but will definitely be out by the Iowa caucus. Kucinich will return to the shire before the end of the year.

That’s how I’m calling it. I wonder what the odds in Vegas are right now?

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