And so it begins… Democratic presidential candidates Chris Dodd and Joe Biden apparently can't take the campaign heat:

Two Senate veterans — Democrats Joe Biden of Delaware and Chris Dodd of Connecticut — are abandoning their presidential campaigns after very poor showings Thursday night in the Iowa caucuses.

Neither mustered more than 1 percent in the intensely competitive contest won by freshman Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

We anticipate similar headlines after next week's New Hampshire's primary.