If Hillary Clinton loses in Iowa, what is her Plan B? Why, I'm living there, of course. It's New Hampshire. While she has an excellent organization here, as I've been saying for many months, the real wild card is the impact of all those independents. Will they storm the Democratic side to vote for Oprah's favorite candidate?

The editors of the National Review have made their choice...Mitt Romney. Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee raises more questions about Mormonism. Also, Matt Drudge reports that some Democrats think a Huckabee nomination would make for "an easy kill". Those kinds of reports haven't made an impact, as of yet, as Huckabee continues to rise in the polls.

The annual Summer melt of the Arctic ice is accelerating, leaving some scientists to fear that a global warming tipping point is being reached. Other scientists descend upon a UN conference about the subject with the opposite message.

Vladimir Putin's hand-picked choice to succeed him as President of Russia is now saying, not surprisingly, that Putin should serve as Prime Minister. Wouldn't it be simpler if they just named him Tsar?