[Carthago delenda est]

Let's tally this one up:

Gephardt's gone, Dean is shockingly vulnerable, a patrician, achingly boring Massachusetts Democrat may once again have reached front-runner status, stirring up a matchup between him and a blatantly phony former general in New Hampshire who thought Kosovo was justifiable but Iraq isn't, and the one candidate with a winning personality (Edwards) is probably going to careen head-first into a brick wall in two weeks, despite his surprising showing tonight.

In addition, Kerry is running out of money. Lieberman, meanwhile, may not have been involved in Iowa, but I'm going to take the liberty of declaring his candidacy dead in absentia. From now on, this is going to be a fight amongst the wounded.

The victor, incidentally, gets to take on a popular president with a $200 million war chest.

Ooooh, I'm so scared!

[Belisaurius]

Comparing military experience:

Clark: Vietnam and Kosovo. Everyone here knows all about Kosovo. Speaking of "Bring the troops home".......Also provided logistical support for the great victory at Waco.

Kerry: Commanded a riverboat for a few months in Vietnam. Judy Woodwhatever on CNN made the brilliant observation that one of the reasons Kerry won was because he is finally comfortable talking about his service in Vietnam. LOL, who knew? John Kerry was in Vietnam. Thanks, CNN. I had no idea.

Bush/Cheney: Successfully prosecuted two wars in two years, both on the other side of the world. Commanded the 1.2(maybe more) million members of armed forces to an uninterrupted string of victories. Yeah, I can see how winning a war in the graveyard of empires compares unfavorably to commanding a riverine patrol craft for a couple of months.

[johnb838]

I expect Kerry is going to get some money now. Clark is a Southerner In Name Only -- He looks and acts more like a patrician New Englander. Clark thought Iraq was eminently justified. He calls the testimony before Congress the "evolution of a position", but that's kind of flimsy.