Howard Dean is surging in New Hampshire in the latest Marist poll. 39% for Dean, 23 for Kerry. Clark slips to 4%. Voters there think Dean has the best chance of all Democrats of beating Bush. But Gephardt is leading Dean in Iowa.

Dean has released his first ad attacking Dick Gephardt over Gephardt's support for Bush's war.

Using photos of Gephardt in the White House Rose Garden with Bush, Dean questions Gephardt's work with the Bush administration in drafting the congressional resolution authorizing the president to use force in Iraq, and Gephardt's support for the $87 billion for rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan.

"October 2002, Dick Gephardt agrees to co-author the Iraq war resolution -- giving George Bush the authority to go to war," the ad says. "A week later, with Gephardt's support, it passes Congress. Then, last month, Dick Gephardt votes to spend $87 billion more on Iraq." "Howard Dean has a different view," the ad says. Dean then says, "I opposed the war in Iraq, and I'm against spending another $87 billion there."

Clark is going to spend almost $1 million a week on ads from now until January 27. Will that get him back in the race? As much as we like Clark, it seems doubtful.