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Bachmann is a junior Congresswoman with great ideals and a very thin record of accomplishment. She's just not a heavy enough hitter to defeat Perry or Romney. America prefers governors, generals or former VPs for President, and always has. Bachmann would be the first "just a Congress member" candidate since Abraham Lincoln to become President, and honestly, I'm just not seeing the comparison. Nothing against her ideology, but her resume says 'VP candidate', nothing more.

Rudy also tried skipping the early races and focus on Florida. The results? Crash and burn. By the time Florida rolls around, the voters there are already quite cognizant of how you've done so far. If you're a turkey, they'll treat you as one.

Ignoring Iowa is a tacit admission that you're not a strong candidate. Yeah, he's strong in NH. He's sank more money in that state than the Stimulus has. He'll carry it, and that will be his first and only win. He won't win SC, Iowa or Florida over Perry. Bachmann might have a thin swing at Iowa, but that will be the highwater mark of her candidacy.

I know this is heresy, and I denounce myself for saying it, but Bachmann is a VP candidate, only in the race to be Romney's conservative beard in the event Romney wins the nomination. She knows perfectly well that she's not going to top the ticket, but that Romney's odds were actually pretty good. Romney has zero appeal to the red states, wheras she has a deep appeal.

Since Romney is basically running the McCain 'last man standing' 2008 playbook, it stands to reason that he's going to need a strong conservative wingman to close the deal with the base voters. A problem that neither Perry, nor Palin, for that matter, have. Of course, Perry or Palin are popular governors, and are very viable top ticket contenders. Bachmann isn't. My $0.02, anyway.

I'm pretty much in agreement except, I do not see Palin as being viable. It would take a miracle for her to get the nomination.

At this point, Bachmann is more viable than Palin. At least Bachmann has organization and fundraising and she's won the Straw Poll.

I predict Perry will win Iowa.

For all those who want to disagree with me, you have great hope, as I have supported Thompson, Forbes and Gramm in recent elections. My track record is not good.

Abraham Lincoln may have only served one term in the House of Representatives, but he had signed the Declaration of Independence (as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter pointed out).

A woman from Concerned Women for America was on C-SPAN this morning. She said they don't endorse anyone for President but were happy with a lot of the candidates running this year on the Republican side. She seemed to think that Sarah Palin would enter the race.