I hope there is a dog fight

as I wrote in my diary a couple of weeks ago

Maybe it will be good if Nominee doesn't emerge right away

We see the NH race unfolding as exciting and unpredictable

Accept for a few small barbs between the candidates this has been a positive campaign about Ideas and differences in the candidates.

even Democrats miscues are hurting Bush-- Dean Scream totally push the SOTU address off the news cycle.and Clark/Moore contraversy has brought Bush's less than stellar military service.... Rove can't be please by this.

I think ANY major of the candidates would make a great nominee against Bush (yes even Lieberman has been tolerable  these days - i would go so far as proclaim Joementum)

If we have a horse race that goes into March/April then all the oxygen will be sucked out of Bush campaign. Bush AND HIS MESSAGE will be sitting on sidelines as the "horse race" unfolds--

If there is broker convention then forget about it , it won't be until Sept before Bush gets his message back in the news. (So much for his 'huge" warchest.)