To me there were no surprises with the Dems. I expect Hillary to win NV, with Obama coming in as #2 and Edwards #3. Even though I suspected Edwards would be a distant #3 in NV, I didn't expect him to be as distant as he was- so I guess that's the biggest surprise for me.

I don't think it's over for Edwards just yet. Two caucuses and a primary do not make an election. Though I think he's probably out after Feb. 5.

As far as the Reps.- I missed that one. In NV I thought McCain would do better than he did and that RP would do worse. Romney's win doesn't surprise me (except the spread). In SC I didn't expect Thompson to do as well as he did. I thought he would be at the bottom, rather than in the middle.

Today's results just show how unified the Dems are (two candidates) and how splintered the Reps. are. It'll be interesting to see if Feb. 5 is the same.

Going back to cosmoetica's comments on Bloomberg- if Obama doesn't get the Dem. nomination, I hope it is evident by Feb. 5 (or shortly thereafter). Bloomberg will need time to gather his forces if he's going to make a serious run. If the Dem. nominee is not determined until the July convention in Denver, then it will be too late for Bloomberg to run.

Both are the worst possible candidates each party cd put forth- a real lesser of 2 evils sort. See W & Kerry (over Edwards and Clark), W & Gore (over Bradley), Clinton and Dole (over Kemp).

I guess the big parties simply do not care about America, nor what the majority of Independents want.

Someone contact Michael Bloomberg, because if Hill the Chill and the Mittbot win, he'll have a REAL chance to play on Democratic disgust and Republican apathy- the Left will boycott the Chillster and the Evangelicals will snub the Human Oil Slick.

Hopefully the losers currently bashing the Religious Right and the South will take time out to realize there are elections elsewhere, and will be disappointed about this result in Nevada, and show they have at least some decency and intelligence.

And no, Clinton is not likeable to those of us who have decency and intelligence, not on KNX, not anywhere, not at any time. Maybe to those whom she is targeting, who are primarily interested in the superficial, but not the rest of us.