It seems worth mentioning…

…that while I'm not climbing on his wagon - not yet, anyway - John Edwards' entry into the '08 primary race is the first thing about it that's actually interested me.

Still, I don't anticipate the field being at all clear before spring, and it could be a year before we can define the real contenders. There's not much in the world less reliable than pre-campaign polling and the only thing I'm pretty sure of is that nobody knows anything, and if they say they do, they're worse than ignorant, they're stupid.

Or on the payroll.

For now, patience is a virtue.