Spinning Iowa - Hot Air: "Hillary must have seen some internal polls that don’t look so good, or perhaps she heard of some back room deal for shifts in support between other candidates as second choices. Whatever she knows, she’s preparing the world for her to finish 3rd in Iowa. It’s Embarrassment Prevention 101."

Or it could be a head-fake before she wins and calls herself the "Comeback Kid." I'm going to hold off on predictions until tomorrow since results won't be known until late in the evening, but the nature of the Iowa caucuses puts a premium on enthusiasm (i.e. you have brave the winter cold to vote). I can understand Obama or even the class-warrior Edwards, but are people really excited about Hillary? We'll see.