This column is going to leave a mark.

This week’s focus on General Petraeus and the success of the surge has largely obscured the campaign (except for Hillary’s radioactive money and incredible silence on the MoveOn.org smear of the general over whom she seeks to become commander.)  The third quarter fundraising is coming to an end, and so has Fred Thompson’s honeymoon, leaving one of three people as George Bush’s successor –Senator Clinton, Mayor Giuliani, or Governor Romney.