Campaign Roundup
Did you see that flaming ball of fire screaming through the sky last night? Air Force officials tracked its impact site to somewhere in New England, and government officials quickly descended on the area. Now NASA scientists and political pundits at the scene have identified the still smoldering piles of debris as what's left of the once high-flying Howard Dean campaign. No injuries were reported, except for the severely bruised ego of a former Vermont governor.

----------Walt Handelsman, New York Newsday

And though Dean may be bowing out of the Presidential race, it appears that Dennis Kucinich may finally have turned his struggling campaign around. The tiny congressman from Munchkinland has at last managed to beat Al Sharpton, having garnered almost twice as many votes as the good reverend.

But the big surprise was the contest between the two men who actually have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the nomination, John Kerry and John Edwards. Kerry was expected to take Wisconsin handily; instead, he barely beat out the good old boy from North Carolina. Consequently the race will continue till at least March 2, when 10 states will be voting.

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Economics 101 Roundup
Both Kerry and Edwards have been blaming Bush for the languishing economy. In an effort to diffuse that as a campaign issue, President Bush continues to insist that an economic recovery is well underway, and that American businesses will be adding 2.6 million jobs this year.

Unfortunately, those jobs will be in India.