It’s been a long campaign with a lot of ups, downs, and surprises. The biggest surprise for Hillary Clinton is that she is not the presumptive nominee for her party. The biggest surprise for observers: That she’s still in the race.

Many people, including notable politicians, celebrities, and members of the media have publically questioned why the former First Lady is still campaigning, charging that a win is impossible. Some have even condemned her for it. However, Senator Clinton might see a way that she can win.

For nearly three months now, New Mexico governor and former Democratic Presidential candidate, Bill Richardson, has been saying publicly that he hadn't made an endorsement because he felt that his endorsement would be insignificant.

"I don't think that endorsements are really all that important," Richardson told Chris Matthews, just prior to February 5th's Super Tuesday. "I may endorse, I may not. I don't think that anything I have to say will actually make a difference."

Recently, Richardson did make an endorsement, announcing that his support is now behind Barack Obama.

So during this nomination, and especially in the post-Iowa caucus landscape, all of the big GOP power players from elected officials to Rush Limbaugh are really aggressively pushing for an “anyone but Huckabee” nominee, but why?

With Hillary Clinton’s recent win over rival Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary, cries of foul play and voter fraud have increasingly become louder and louder, and it’s deeply disturbing.

The theory that the now infamous manufacture of voting equipment, Diebold, gave Hillary Clinton a slim margin of victory immediately began to circulate almost as soon as Obama delivered his concession speech.

A brief look at quotes from the past news day:

“Hillary Rodham Clinton: Exhausted and frustrated by a campaign gone suddenly wrong.” – The Associated Press

“Only 2 people attend Clinton support meeting” – A misleading headline from The Missourian

“So Much For a Raucous Caucus--Clinton Campaign in Freefall” – The Seattlest

“Hillary’s Poisonous NH Cloud” – Grist Magazine Headline

“Barack Obama Will Win New Hampshire” – Rockbridge Weekly

“Facing a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, a sudden collapse in national polls and an expected fund-raising drought, Senator Hillary Clinton is preparing for a tough decision: Does she get out of the race? And when?!” – Drudge Report

That’s enough punditry for now. Here’s the only quote that matters:

“Clinton 39%, Obama 37%” – The New Hampshire Voters

History has already been made. Illinois Senator Barack Obama won the Iowa Caucuses. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson placed fourth. But did they really earn their finishing positions? The answer may be surprising.

In the now past ABC New Hampshire debate before the January 8^th first-in-the-nation primary, the rules were that only the candidates who finish in the top four slots in Iowa could participate, meaning that second-tier candidates who placed fourth could live on to continue their campaign another day.

Get all that?

So, here’s the story: Faux News is having a New Hampshire Republican debate before the primary. They're only inviting Romney, McCain, Huckabee, Thompson and Giuliani, but not Ron Paul or Duncan Hunter, and there really is no good reason for it.