[Victoria Delsoul]

If Hunter's poll numbers steadily remain low (1%). OK, let's be generous and give him 5% support by the end of the summer. At that rate he'll be dropping out of the race long before the primaries even begin. And we know that Newt won't be running if Rudy's polls numbers remain strong.

Mark my words.

[HitmanLV]

I agree - this is a brave new world in politics with dynamics we have never seen before. Since money is the game, and since many of the candidates will have a hard time attracting it, I think we will see more candidates drop very early in the season, well before the first primaries.

Vilsack found that out and dropped recently. If Hunter stays at that 1-2% support level and has difficulty raising money, he may not make it past this summer. Same goes for anyone who won't be able to raise big money.