The Rod Martin Report: January 8, 2016

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by Rod D. Martin
January 8, 2016

Happy New Year to all of you.

The dominance of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz continues to be the story du jour, although Trump's bogus questioning of Cruz's citizenship is a story to watch (if only to see if birtherism will work on a Republican: it might).

But the more interesting political development may be on the other side. Hillary has slipped beneath 50% among Democrats, which for her -- positioned as a de facto incumbent -- is truly "the danger zone." Sanders is neck-and-neck in Iowa, ahead (pretty consistently) in New Hampshire, ahead of Barack Obama's 2008 fundraising and total number of donors: a couple of early upsets and the Clintons could prove a house of cards...again.

That's not a prediction. But it's a possibility. And that's a lot more than anyone was expecting 60 days ago. It's also why you're starting to hear rumblings about the FBI recommending a Clinton indictment, and about Biden regretting his decision not to run "every day." If Barack Ob…