And away we go!

Quick thoughts with the first ballot in:

• Martha tripled her support. I don't know whether this is her popularity or someone decided to help make her result less embarrassing, I don't know. It was nice to see regardless. It will be interesting to see where Martha goes.
• Ken Dryden is either delusional or an excellent actor. I'm leaning towards delusional. He seems to think he can still win and is determined to stay on the ballot as long as possible. I don't know if delegates at the convention saw his post-speech interview on CPAC. He was angry; angry with his poor performance on super-weekend, angry at his lack of money, angry at his lack of support. It was an ugly thing to see. I really liked Ken Dryden and he had a great speech, but that interview gave me pause.
• Dion's ahead of Kennedy. This is bad news for Kennedy. No spin, this is bad news.
• Having said that... a lot of voting occurred before Kennedy's great speech. We don't know where Martha and Scott are going. It's not over by a long shot.
• Anyone know what happens if there's a tie?
• Dion has momentum. Can he keep it up?
  
• Iggy is in trouble. He needs to show growth on the next ballot or the rats may start abandoning ship.