To all my fellow conservatives, I have a six-word warning before you get too excited or satisfied over Eliot Spitzer's downfall:  Mark-Foley-Larry-Craig-David-Vitter.

There's actually nothing political about a man's decision to ruin his life, destroy his family, and obliterate his reputation the way Spitzer has done.  And while he had very few fans -- I'm one of many who despised the way he attacked corporate executives for their compensation and couldn't believe his attempts to give driver's licenses to illegals, among other things -- the anguished look on his wife's face should be a reminder that there are some very real victims in this tale.

It has been remarkable to hear some like-minded callers to my radio show today try and justify the various trysts committed by Republicans while justifiably condemning Spitzer's alliance with prostitutes.   Callers have said things like, "Well, Mark Foley didn't get arrested for anything" (as if writing dirty emails to young boys is okay); "David Vitter didn't get arrested for being on the D.C. Madame's phone list" (the statute of limitations had run out); "Larry Craig didn't actually have sex with anyone in the restroom" (I'm actually speechless over that one).

Let's just let Spitzer get what's coming to him.  He'll fade away, as he should, and we'll move on.  But we'd better be careful over too much gloating.   Inappropriate sexual trysts aren't limited to Democrats.

As I brilliantly predicted, Hillary took Texas -- and Ohioans decided to go for her as well.   Throw in Rhode Island and you have a big night for Madame Hillary.

We should know better than to ever count out a Clinton in a campaign.

The lesson learned from her big night is that going negative, sadly, works.   Pundits say she really "found her sea legs" and her campaign "really hit its stride" the past few weeks.   Translation:  she decided to start playing hardball.   NAFTA, the empty Obama bromides, it was all on the table for her -- and it paid off handsomely.

Let's face it, watching the Democrats in total turmoil is fun for a righty like me.  Hopefully, Republicans who continue to whine and pout and fret about McCain's candidacy will be drowned out by common-sense Republicans who realize that while Sen. McCain might not have been our first choice, now he's the only choice.  No Republican worth his or her salt really wants to turn over the keys to the White House to a radical leftist.

So the wild ride continues.

I'm really a lousy prognosticator.  In fact, my track record suggests that I should really just keep my mouth shut, analyze election results and be satisfied to leave it at that.

I'm still in shock that my Dallas Cowboys didn't even make it to the Super Bowl, especially after my confident prediction that they would beat the Patriots in Arizona.  And then, while nursing my wounds, I declared, without hesitation, that New England would stomp the New York Giants.

Yeah, I'm not much of a fortune teller.  In sports OR politics.

But I just have this strong, strong hunch about the Texas primary.  And so I'm going to break my self-imposed (meaningless) rule and make a prediction:  Hillary Clinton will win the Texas primary by a whisker.

If I'm correct, I will frequently remind you of my political prowess and election-time genius.  If I'm wrong, I'll simply forget to mention it ever again.  As I said, my error-prone predictions would fill a sizable book.

But allow me to state my reasons:  first, a phenomenon known as crossover voting is happening in the Lone Star State.  When I went to early voting in a Tarrant County, Texas polling place last week, one of the poll workers told me that the Democrats were out-voting Republicans "better than two to one."  And he said that a whole bunch of Republicans were admitting to voting for Hillary in order to try and keep her in the race.

Secondly, there is great discontent in the Hispanic community with Sen. Obama.  As one Dallas-area Latina activist clumsily put it the other day, "Barack Obama has a problem of being Black."  She went on to explain that many Hispanic voters feel that black politicians have turned their back on the Hispanic community in years past.  And they are not forgetting it.

Combine these two conditions with the fairly rocky weekend that Obama had regarding his adviser's alleged comments to a Canadian official over  NAFTA and you might just have the formula for an upset victory (and let's face it, at this point in the Obama-mania hysteria, a Clinton win WOULD be an upset, right?).

Take it to the bank, it's Hillary by a Texas nose.  Feel free to congratulate me on Wednesday if I turn out to be right.

If I'm wrong, leave me alone.  We Republicans have enough headaches right now.