JANUARY 8, 2008
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Breaking Barriers: [Emily
Yoffe, XX
Factor]: “[D]espite racism and sexism, the public has taken Obama and
Hillary as serious presidential candidates, unlike more experienced choices
such as Sen. Joe Biden or Gov. Bill Richardson.”
To Huckabee: [dday,
D-Day]: “[W]atching
the establishmentarians turn on a dime if Huckabee can't be stopped will be
great fun. But I think you'll see more of Huckabee going to the establishment
than the establishment going to him.”
Or Not To Huckabee: [Ron
Chusid, Liberal Values]: “One
question regarding the Republican race is whether the fiscal conservatives and
mainstream Republicans will unite behind a single candidate to try to stop
Huckabee. In a divided race Huckabee can go all the way, but there is no clear
consensus candidate to oppose him.”
Tilting the Scale: [Publius,
Obsidian
Wings]: “The flood on the Democratic side suggests that the indies are
requesting Dem ballots rather than GOP ones. That's bad news for McCain, but
good news for Romney.”
--Ben Crair
1 comments
“The flood on the Democratic side suggests that the indies are requesting Dem ballots rather than GOP ones. That's bad news for McCain, but good news for Romney.”
This is true only in the primaries and only in open primaries. It is seriously bad news for the GOP that Independents are turning to the the Democrats, and it is even worse news that Republicans don't have a candidate who can mobilize the base to provide that Rovian 50.45% of the vote. Romney is not going to galvanize the base that way. Either will Huckabee. Either will McCain, Why even mention the rest of them?In fact, the only candidate who really could excite the GOP base is Hillary Clinton, and she appears cruising toward a fine senatorial career. Huckabee might win the nomination, but I don't see his chances in a general versus someone like Obama. Can this guy win Ohio, a state steeped in Republican corruption? Can he win in Virginia, state whose DC suburbs just turned back a more authentic, holistic conservative in George Allen? I don't see it. Not even Chuck Norris spots will pull that one off. McCain, of course, is a different story. But we'll see what McCain looks like coming out of South Carolina. I have my doubts--or are they hopes?
- propositionjoe
January 8, 2008 at 5:58pm