On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace asked the Roundtable for their predictions for the Iowa caucuses:
WALLACE: All right. Enough talk. Yepsen ducked it, but I'm not going to let you guys duck it, except for Brit Hume, who will do what he chooses to do.
So starting with you, Juan, top three finishers, Republican, in Iowa.
WILLIAMS: Well, I think Romney has the bullets and he has the people on the ground, but I wouldn't put aside the idea that people will say, "You know what? Huckabee is the guy." So I would say Huckabee, Romney, McCain.
WALLACE: Really? And McCain gets the third, which would help him in New Hampshire.
WILLIAMS: I think McCain is the guy coming right now from behind.
WALLACE: Bill Kristol.
KRISTOL: Romney wins, I think, pretty comfortably. Huckabee fades. McCain gains on Huckabee. And I think it wouldn't be totally out of the question for McCain to sneak past Huckabee into second. But I think McCain is a strong third.
LIASSON: Yeah, I think Romney, Huckabee, McCain.
WALLACE: Romney, Huckabee...
LIASSON: Romney by a hair. I disagree with Bill on that. Romney by a hair, Huckabee, McCain.
WALLACE: And this is going to be the big surprise. Mr. Hume, what have you got to say for yourself?
HUME: Howard Dean all the way.
And for the Dems:
WALLACE: All right. Let's go and get the videotape rolling.
Juan Williams, less than a minute left. What's going to be the order of finish, first, second and third in Iowa?
WILLIAMS: Well, I think it's Clinton, Edwards, Obama. I think, you know, when people look back on Obama saying, "Oh, let's have cross-border raids and go get bin Laden," I don't think that stuff helps with experience.
WALLACE: You can't run out the clock here.
Bill Kristol?
KRISTOL: Edwards wins, I think. Obama second. Clinton third. The second choice supporters of the other candidates go to Edwards and Obama.
WALLACE: Mara?
LIASSON: Obama, Clinton, Edwards.
WALLACE: And...
HUME: No idea.
WALLACE: Well, at least you're consistent.
