The Occasional Observer

So Rudy takes the prize for Q2. Mitt comes in second. McCain is lagging and slashing his staff around the country.

But the real news is not the GOP side, but the huge leads in cash that both Hillary and Obama are running up on the Republican field.

Fundraising being fundraising, people don't like giving money to candidates that they perceive as unlikely to win, which is why these early leads can easily snowball into insurmountable leads later.