It's Iowa Caucus Time!

OK, here we go, time to step out on that limb.
My predictions for tomorrow night's Iowa Caucuses:

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~~~ Democratic Party ~~~

1. Barack Obama
2. John Edwards
3. Hillary Clinton

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Obviously, the race is extremely tight between the top three candidates here, but if there is going to be something different than this configuration, I think it will be a switch between Edwards and Obama, with Hillary remaining in third. I think both Obama and Edwards will benefit from their respective "change" and populist messages, as well as from increased general and first-time caucus goer turnout (helped by clear weather and the hype of this election season). I also don't see how any other candidate has a chance of breaking into the top three here.

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~~~ Republican Party ~~~

1. Mitt Romney
2. Mike Huckabee
3. John McCain

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Similarly, the race is very tight between Romney and Huckabee, so another likely scenario could be a switch between the two of them. It really seems to be a choice between two candidates with their own set of political flaws: Romney seems to be the "stronger" presidential candidate (financially and stylistically), but his Mormonism and flip-flop background may hurt him; Huckabee is the proud Christian Conservative, but his political expertise has seemed lacking at times. Also, I'm going with McCain in the #3 spot, but wouldn't be shocked to see the slippery Ron Paul come close to a third place finish here.