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Give six months, and it will be "Nominee President Dean [or Clark]," "President Hussein" and "Dictator Bush."

News story references:
*BBC, Reuters, ABC, etc. refer to Hussein as President Hussein, even though he seized power by violent coup and never faced a contested election. Meanwhile, it's "Dictator Pinochet," even though he was democratically elected, re-elected, and then unelected.

*Gallup says Clark closed the gap on Dean, going from 22 points down to an insiginificant 4 points down. Now, everyone expects Dean to win New Hampshire, probably Iowa; If Clark then takes any of the states the next week (SC, AZ, NM, OK, MI and two others), he will have be in a tie nationally, will have momentum, and Dean will have fired his ammo.

What if Edwards wins in SC? Will the press then seize upon him - an affable, photogenic Southern Democrat - as a winnable alternative to Dean? Will Edwards suddenly become the talk of the town?