But we'll still post– a little, anyway.  Here's a mini-reading list for December 27, 2006:

Tom Bevan summarizes a recent Iowa poll:

Barack Obama, John Edwards and Tom Vilsack beat every Republican. Hillary Clinton loses to every Republican but Mitt Romney. Romney loses to every Democrat. John McCain runs slightly better than Rudy Giuliani, matching up against most of the Democratic field.

Thankfully, we note that religion is not overtly discussed.  Before anyone gets too carried away with these results, ask yourself:  Who was leading the 2000 presidential race at Christmastime 1998?  Don't remember?  Neither does anyone else.  And who was the leading Democrat at the end of 1990?  I don't remember that one either, but it sure wasn't Bill Clinton.  Update:  Jed Babbin has more on why early polls are meaningless.

Jim Geraghty thinks (hopes?) that former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore is considering a presidential run as a true conservative.  Maybe.  No mention of Gilmore's religion, presumably because it's not an issue. 

Off-topic, but I can't resist linking to this story about three "cultist" brothers serving in Iraq. 

We hope you are having a wonderful Christmas and New Year season. 

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