Things look bleak for Romney and good for McCain. I'm getting a queazy gut feeling that after NH, we are likely to have a 2-horse race with the Huckleberry and McLame vying for the nomination. McCain will destroy the Huckleberry as the GOP establishment circles the wagons around him. Then we'll have a McLame - Osama election choice and....whew!!! I just woke up from a nightmare. That couldn't really happen could it????

Huckabee’s jolt to GOP may aid McCain
Out of turmoil, a new opportunity may arise for Arizona senator
By Adam Nagourney and Carl Hulse
The New York Times
updated 4:32 a.m. ET, Sat., Jan. 5, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mike Huckabee’s defeat of Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses jolted a Republican Party establishment already distressed about the state of its presidential field.

But out of the turmoil may rise yet another opportunity for Senator John McCain of Arizona, whose candidacy all but collapsed last year.

If only by default, Mr. McCain is getting yet another look and appears to be in a strong position competing against a weakened Mr. Romney in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.

Mr. McCain is the latest beneficiary of the continuing upheaval in the Republican field that has seen nearly all of the candidates rising at various points. Among them were Mr. McCain, former Senator Fred D. Thompson of Tennessee and Rudolph W. Giuliani, a former mayor of New York.

Mr. Romney’s defeat in Iowa only underlined concerns that many Republicans had expressed about him, while the success of Mr. Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, gave rise to new worries among the Republican establishment.

“Among the intelligentsia of the party, there is definitely a deep concern about Huckabee getting the nomination because a lot of them think he can’t win,â€