Who did you initially support/think would win?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Who I supported:

From around late 2006 when I started caring to February 2007 - Gore, figuring he would run.
Feb 2007 onward - Obama the whole time once I realized Gore wouldn't run.

Who I thought would win:

Pretty much the same actually. I thought it'd be Gore as the anti-Hillary candidate, once he didn't run I figured Obama would take that up and thought he would the whole time. New Hampshire was a hard blow but it still didn't sway me.

Who I thought would win the GOP nomination:

When I started caring to early 2007 - McCain, out of process of elimination. I was rather adamant that Giuliani would never win, Romney didn't impress me and I was beyond confident some joke like Frist or other mentioned candidates would go nowhere.
mid-2007 - Once McCain collapsed I briefly thought it would be Romney, and then Fred Thompson when he became hyped up, but then flipped back to Romney once it became obvious how much of a joke Thompson was.
late 2007-2008 - Once Huckabee became serious and McCain began his comeback I was still betting on Romney. I thought he would take Iowa (wrong), and that he could comeback after losing NH (true to some extent.). After South Carolina I admitted McCain was more likely and after Florida I realized he had it in the bag.

So I didn't do too bad really even though I blew the individual predictions for most states on the GOP side (I had Romney winning Iowa and Florida and Huckabee winning South Carolina.). One thing I am proud about though is my insistence Giuliani never stood a chance.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

For all the people who supported Obama from the very beginning (before his first big $$$ haul), may I ask why?

He wasn't Hillary.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

For all the people who supported Obama from the very beginning (before his first big $$$ haul), may I ask why?

He wasn't Hillary.

But neither was Richardson or Dodd.  Or did you see them as superficially weaker candidates than Obama.

The latter. Polls showed they weren't going anywhere.