By the way, the best-case-scenario interpretation that the Romney team applies to the Iowa and New Hampshire results is that voters just haven’t wanted to toss a vulnerable major contender out of the race. In Iowa, the thinking goes, they didn’t want to kick Huckabee out, or Obama, either. In New Hampshire, they didn’t want McCain to make an early exit, or Clinton either. Now, the Romney side hopes, Michigan will make the same decision about Romney, giving him a win that gets him back in the race. If not, things look pretty bad.