And Then There Were Three

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Democratic Presidential hopefuls Jim Webb and Lincoln Chaffee have now both dropped out of the race.

Chaffee says he'll work to help elect a Democratic President. Webb on the other hand is having none of that. Not only is he not offering support for the Democrats, at least right now, but he is clearly stating that he may run as an independent.

Webb will soon discover that the enthusiasm for him to run as an independent won't even register as high as his staggering 1% in the Democratic polls. More importantly he'll discover that getting on the ballot in all fifty states and deploying the ground operations necessary will cost even more as an independent. It's difficult to see how Webb could pull this off or why he would want to try.

Martin O'Malley might get a boost from these departures and rise to 3, maybe even 4% in the polls. If the money lasts he might make it to February but short of the withdrawal of both Sanders and Clinton from the race, he will not be the nominee. Even under those circumstances the party wouldn't go with him, they would turn to Joe Biden. If O'Malley is hoping for the Vice-presidency he will be disappointed.

Here's the big reveal, you read it here first, mark it down now, if Hillary Clinton is the nominee she will choose current HUD Secretary Julian Castro as her running mate.

And if I'm wrong? I'll get over it.

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