John McCain was trumpeted as ALL THAT (and more) on the covers of Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report the same day, one week after he beat Bush (with all that Dem crossover crap) in the New Hampshire primary.
I've never seen such a media push as Crash McCain got from the Olympians. Oh, until Howard Dean. That is, until Wesley Clark.
I'll be crossing over to "help" Dean ;) I think he'll be easier to beat than Clark.
Don't bet anyone that Tom won't find his way to New Hamster next spring. If my suspision is correct, he's going to recognize that his political future in California is nill. His only chance is to find additional backing before his afterglow dims. I think there's a serious chance he may try to go national next year.