It’s all coming down to the wire… Who’s gonna end up melting in the post-primary slush, eh?

Today’s new poll from the L.A. Times & Bloomberg just confirms what you probably know. The Presidential primaries are getting closer than ever. Hillary’s strongest (just barely) in Iowa, but Obama’s surged ahead in New Hampshire. Romney’s top dog in the Granite State, but it’s all about Huckabee in Iowa. For now.

If there was any doubt that it’s close, the fact that Clinton, Obama, Edwards, McCain and Romney (lashing out directly at Huckabee and McCain) have all unveiled new TV ads in Iowa and New Hampshire today says plenty. The NY Times has them all covered.

And then there’s lots of news folks today asking “can Fred Thompson save himself?” Huh? For real? And might McCain get a boost, since folks feel that in these turbulent moments following Bhutto’s assasination in Pakistan, he’s the candidate who can lead us through such troubled foreign-policy times? Meanwhile, Huckabee uses the Bhutto situation to justify the need for a fence to keep out illegals? Oy…

And frankly, with Iowa less than a week away, there’s still so much more that can happen. Anybody ready for someone to have a screaming Howard Dean meltdown? Who do you think is most ripe for that?