Hillary Clinton

Robert Novak and Tim Carney, write about Clinton Battling Edwards for Second Place in Iowa.
Despite a slip in the polls by front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Republican confidence about winning the presidency actually has declined. The reason is the dispiriting performance put on by the Republican candidates in last Wednesday's debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. We have had several Republicans tell us that after watching that affair, they wondered not only about the outcome of the '08 presidential election but also the long-range future of the GOP.