Ryan Sager is probably right about where this thing is headed–nowhere. (In the latest Franklin Pierce poll in NH, McCain has even bounced down a little.) But I have one quibble. Pro-Rudy journalists like to say that Romney has “bought” Iowa and New Hampshire. Romney has spent heavily in those states, and other candidates might well make up ground as they spend more too. But he’s also done an amazing number of events in both states and a lot of organizing. This is how campaigns are won. He could have done all this work, and still be trailing. Instead, on some level, people there obviously like what they’re seeing. So I don’t think “bought” quite captures it.