It’s on in Iowa (UPDATE 20: BIDEN DROPS OUT)
The caucuses will be underway at 8pm ET. The media and the blogosphere are buzzing in anticipation of what the results will be.
Thursday Open thread
Busy afternoon – will be back tonight to blog about what happens in Iowa.
Losing Fallujah in 2004: Who’s to blame?
The Washington Times/UPI reports on a “secret intelligence assessment” of the 2004 battle for Fallujah which suggests the reason for the loss was political pressure as a result of – you guessed it – media coverage (h/t: Memeorandum):
Iowa predictions
The big news of the day of course is tonight’s Iowa caucuses. Please use this thread to make your predictions about what you think will happen. I’m predicting Obama and Huckabee as tonight’s winners. Keep in mind, though, that a winner tonight doesn’t guarantee that that guy or gal will be the nominee, so if your candidate doesn’t win, don’t lose hope.