If Saddam is alive he might still think he has a chance. He originally won his power in a similar situation as an underdog dissident in Tikrit back in the 50's. At some point what's left of the Ba'ath party will figure out that militarily they have no chance at all. The covert war will be the real endgame.

According to the news, US Intelligence thinks that Saddam probably escaped the bombing and is on his way to either Northern Iraq or Syria.

There will still be some fighting in the streets and the north. On St. Patrick's Day when the President gave his speech, I thought that it would be over before Memorial Day. Now I think sooner. Maybe the end of April. When the fighting is over, there will be much to do in Iraq.