1) The Dems are outraising the GOP by a pretty fair margin.

2) If there's a reason for Obama's late reporting, it's that he wants people to notice his numbers.  If he wanted them to get less press, he'd have released them at the same time as everyone else was.  So expect a pretty good Obama number.

3) Hillary's leading the money race, but the gap between Hillary and the others isn't that huge.  She's the leader, but there's no inevitability here.

4) Romney may be at 3% in the polls now, but just five or six weeks ago, he was still a candidate to be reckoned with, which was why we were busily shooting him down.  It would be interesting to know when in the quarter Romney raised all that boodle.  I'm assuming we won't get to know that soon, but as a proxy, we'll see what happens to his numbers in Q2.  Betcha they tank.

5) McCain's clearly not the GOP Establishment choice anymore.  Looks like they've flitted from McCain (who was The Man for most of 2006) to Romney (until his poll numbers tanked) to Rudy.  If Rudy gets more bad press, and Fred Thompson runs, they may keep moving on.

5a) The notion of a clear favorite of the GOP establishment is so ingrained in my psyche, it's hard for me to get past the absence of one.  Eight months ago, George Allen was their fallback if McCain sagged, but macaca happened.  What a pity, huh?

6) We could really use a primary or two this spring and summer, as a reality check for guys like Biden and Dodd.