Cash Poor, These Candidates Should Quit

The two other GOP candidates of interest are former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Texas Congressman Ron Paul. Huckabee has seen his poll numbers rise in Iowa and seems poised for a breakout. His camp has yet to prove they can raise cash.

Ron Paul and his Internet hordes proved this last week that they could raise cash. His campaign set a goal of a million dollars over the last week and easily surpassed it with $1.2 million. His campaign continues counting but expects to surpass the surprising $2.4 million raised in the second quarter.

I'm guessing numbers will be nonexistent for Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo. Sen. Sam Brownback will probably beat this pair, but I doubt he will raise enough to stay around for the Iowa caucuses.

The summer separated the true contenders from the pretenders. I expect the bad numbers will force Brownback, Dodd, Hunter and Tancredo to go. Now the real primary game will begin.

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