I've Narrowed the Field

It wasnt' so easy on the Republican side, but I went ahead and made my choices for the top four candidates on both sides. For the Democrats: Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson. For the Republicans: Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and the new elephant in the room...Fred Thompson.

I went back and forth a bit between McCain and Mike Huckabee. After all, Huckabee did manage to come in second in the Iowa Straw Poll...and with very little money. But he still doesn't seem to have the name recognition nor the organization to really be a viable contender. And, while McCain seems to have spent most of his money, he's showing signs of life again (he always does better when his back is to the wall) and sounding more like his old "Straight Talk" self, so I gave him the nod.

Now, as long as nobody else decides to enter the race and muck things up even more, my plan is that, come next week, I will begin to parse these various candidates' policies on the important issues I noted in my last posting. First up on Monday: Iraq (and the Middle East in general).