[Timeout]

Mornin', IG.

Tonight is the big Dem debate in New Mexico. AKA: Kerry's last stand. If he can't get Dean to lose his cool tonight, Dean will be declared the winner and all the pundits will start writing Kerry's political obituary. Can't you just imagine the delightful interview with Mrs. Kerry after he's declared "dead"?!

Another interesting idea....I don't put it past the Dean camp to be in cahoots with the Kucinich people to attack him from the left...allowing him to appear "moderate", thus neutralizing Sore-Loserman.

[mountaineer]

If Daffy Dean is crowned tonight, I think he may have peaked just a tad too soon. That will give the other Dems (read, the Clintonistas) nearly a year to destroy him before the convention next summer. On the other hand, it will give Mrs. Dean nearly a year to improve her appearance.

And now for something less serious:

Are Chelsea Clinton and boyfriend Ian Klaus circling the altar? The former First Daughter, 23, just returned from a romantic Spanish getaway with her 24-year-old boyfriend.

"Chelsea and Ian's trip basically amounted to a honeymoon before the marriage," a pal says in the National Enquirer's next issue.

That's probably hyperbole, but the two plan to live in New York - mind you, in separate apartments. [Sure]

Though it's said she'lll be earning a salary of $120,000, Chelsea is "going to be living in Manhattan with a good friend of hers," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters on Tuesday. "She is starting work this week at McKinsey [& Co.], which is a consulting firm here in the city," said the senator, adding, "I don't know what consultants do. [The smartest woman in the world doesn't know what consultants do?] I asked her that and she goes, 'Oh, mom!'"

Aside to Hillary: The Enquirer also features photos of your bikini-clad baby frolicking with Klaus in the hotel's pool. Ny Daily News