- Hey, look, the Republicans are the ones cannibalizing their party this time!
- Before Rudy was answering calls from Judith, Mike Huckabee was taking calls from The Big Man in the Sky.
- Across the pond, the Economist thinks Obama might finally be fulfilling his initial promise.
- Joe Biden thinks one of the frontrunners is going to be knocked out of the top three in Iowa. I'd wager he's not pushing for Richardson to take the three spot.
- Ron Paul's fundraising has exceeded Fred Thompson's in the fourth quarter.
- Obama attended a fundraiser at Harlem's Apollo Theater Thursday night, where Chris Rock joked that African Americans should be embarrassed if they vote for "that white lady." Before heading down to the DNC meeting this morning, Obama grabbed breakfast with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, prompting rumors about what the two could have been discussing. It probably wasn't the weather.
- Paul Krugman wades into the health care mandate discussion. The Clinton campaign held a conference call on the subject today as well, in which her campaign manager demanded that the Obama campaign take down a TV ad running in New Hampshire that claims his health care plan would cover everyone.
- One recent poll found that Huckabee's support has grown since Wednesday's debate. At what point do we declare the horse race officially out of hand?
--Kate Sheppard
