KERRY’S BEHIND BY A BIT at the moment, but Fox just projected him the winner in Wisconsin. Even if that holds up, I think that this keeps Edwards very much in the game, which will make Doug Weinstein (who’s big on Edwards, not so big on Kerry) very happy.

Even more importantly, it will keep pundits happy, which is why I’m sure that this will be spun as an Edwards victory, regardless.

UPDATE: Lots of pundits are hinting darkly that the Democrats may be glad to have Edwards if “something” comes up to derail Kerry. Is this what they’re talking about? Or is there some other shoe that may drop?

ANOTHER UPDATE: Moxie has started Republicans for Edwards — that means he’s got the “big Mo!”

YET ANOTHER UPDATE: We’ll be hearing a lot about “delegate-rich states” over the next few weeks. And it occurs to me that although Howard Dean was talking tonight about moving the agenda on the war, in fact he demonstrated that being loudly antiwar gets you a distant third place in the Democratic primaries. Not much there.

The Kerry spin is that he did better among committed Democrats, and Edwards did better among Independents and Republicans. Er, okay — but which votes will a Democrat need to pick up in order to win in November? I’m just, you know, asking. . . .

Kaus has more.