TV Guide’s Anthony Layser has an interview with Bill Hemmer…

TVGuide.com: The debates seem to be getting a lot of viewers, and record turnout has been reported in many of the early primaries. To what do you attribute all this interest?

Hemmer: I think there’s a lot on the line. We have a situation where a sitting president is not eligible for the White House. You have a number of candidates. Still, today we have Romney, McCain, Huckabee, Obama and Clinton. That draws in large cross-sections of the public.

TVGuide.com: Well, it’s officially a two-horse race for the Democratic nomination and it’s basically down to McCain and Romney for the Republicans. You’ve been keeping a close eye on the race. Did you foresee things shaping up like this?

Hemmer: I don’t think anyone would have been able to predict how this would shape up. They might’ve guessed, but I don’t think anyone could’ve nailed down the nuance and the strategy involved. I was in Des Moines the night Mike Huckabee won. His campaign staff was calling all over town to get a stage for their candidate to stand on to make his victory speech. It was a stunner. I don’t know anyone who could’ve predicted that.