I think we are witnessing some true democracy for once. Primaries actually matter and with the race in a dead heat only 4 in, the later ones just might make the difference.
The state I live in stopped having primaries because we were so late in the game it never mattered. So finally all the states might get a say in who is on the ballot in nov.
Actually, I’m pleased by the current deadlock. For me, anyone is acceptable except Rudy or a Democrat and the current uncertainty gives Republicans more time to think about who matches up best with Obama. That may not be the same candidate as the best matchup for Hillary, although I am not sure who it might be.
I’m happy to see that Mitt is still in the game. While I don’t know the man’s heart, I fear that Christian conservatives are being used by Huck. He reminds me an awful lot of Jimmy Carter.
I’m delighted. Looks like we may have real races in both parties. Now, if the pundits will just shut up and report the news instead of trying to manipulate it, we’ll all be better. I can figure out a candidate’s spin without having to sort through pundits’ spin on top of it.
WOOHOO! As we lead up to Super Tuesday…I believe that Romney will do really well here in California…I’m starting to see bumper stickers for Mitt and for no one else, Republican or Dems. [I do see homemade freeway signs by the Pauliacs, though!]
I’m not sure yet it’s NoMo Rudy, though. Florida will tell his tale. Even South Carolina is an open primary, so Super Tuesday will be the first big burst of actual Republican votes, although with the Obama-Clinton race on, maybe not so many will cross over, giving us a more representative result in South Carolina.
Just imagine — on both sides, voters actually getting to make a choice, not participate in a coronation. Actual democracy.
I’m disappointed that Romney won and I hope his new momentum is shortly lived. He was a lousy governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He cut taxes but raised all state fees far beyond any tax rate or even tax increase, hitting the average tax payer in the state very hard. He never stepped up to deal with the “Big Dig” the greatest public works boondoggle in US history ( Yes, it was initially planned and funded by federal money via idiots like Teddy Kennedy and Joihn Kerry, but Romney abidcated his responsibilities as the governor tooversee or address any of the issues. The result is that someone actually died becuase of the inferior construction and the contracts with those resposible were written in such a way that they don’t even get a “tsk tsk” for their part in the tragedy.) Now, Massachusetts resdients will continue to pay for years and years to come. His “education reform” was a failure. And most things he touched went no where. And of course, all of this is before and beyond his flip-flopping the issues etc. Yeah, he’s right, Washington is broken, buit I guarantee you, he won’t fix it!
Could we see a brokered convention? Wouldn’t that be interesting.
This election seems to be setting conventional wisdom on its head. The political CW was that coronations were inevitable and brokered conventions were dead. Watch the pundits. Watch them run like a scared heard to Obama then back to Hillary, from Huck to McCain and now to who knows where. No one knows what the devil is going on. I love it.
Actually, in terms of actual delegates, which is what these primaries are deciding, Romney is LEADING the group. It’s not a dead heat. The ‘winner’ and ‘loser’ scenario is skewed by the press, it’s really, add up the scores, the one with the highest from all primaries is the winner.
there ain’t a lot to choose from. You either have the loony (Ron Paul), the Liberal in Rep. clothing (Huckabee and McCaine), the 9/11 mayor, the sleepy actor (Thompson) or Romney.
In the case of most of us it is going to be “anyone is better than whichever socialist the Dems put up (Hillary or Barak)”.
Bob,
Name me an election in the past 100 years where this was not done. Elections cost money. The one with the most money usually has an advantage. Sometimes not (as Ross Perot and Forbes proved), but generally.
I guess this turns the current GOP situation into…what? Scrambled eggs?
HuckMo(mentum) after Iowa
MacMo after NH
MittMo tonight
SloMo maybe Fred someday
NoMo Rudy
I think we are witnessing some true democracy for once. Primaries actually matter and with the race in a dead heat only 4 in, the later ones just might make the difference.
The state I live in stopped having primaries because we were so late in the game it never mattered. So finally all the states might get a say in who is on the ballot in nov.
Thank God.
Actually, I’m pleased by the current deadlock. For me, anyone is acceptable except Rudy or a Democrat and the current uncertainty gives Republicans more time to think about who matches up best with Obama. That may not be the same candidate as the best matchup for Hillary, although I am not sure who it might be.
I’m happy to see that Mitt is still in the game. While I don’t know the man’s heart, I fear that Christian conservatives are being used by Huck. He reminds me an awful lot of Jimmy Carter.
I’m delighted. Looks like we may have real races in both parties. Now, if the pundits will just shut up and report the news instead of trying to manipulate it, we’ll all be better. I can figure out a candidate’s spin without having to sort through pundits’ spin on top of it.
The wonder of Michigan is how Hillary lost by winning a rigged primary.
WOOHOO! As we lead up to Super Tuesday…I believe that Romney will do really well here in California…I’m starting to see bumper stickers for Mitt and for no one else, Republican or Dems. [I do see homemade freeway signs by the Pauliacs, though!]
#2, Mark McCall, that’s funny!
I’m not sure yet it’s NoMo Rudy, though. Florida will tell his tale. Even South Carolina is an open primary, so Super Tuesday will be the first big burst of actual Republican votes, although with the Obama-Clinton race on, maybe not so many will cross over, giving us a more representative result in South Carolina.
Just imagine — on both sides, voters actually getting to make a choice, not participate in a coronation. Actual democracy.
I’m disappointed that Romney won and I hope his new momentum is shortly lived. He was a lousy governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He cut taxes but raised all state fees far beyond any tax rate or even tax increase, hitting the average tax payer in the state very hard. He never stepped up to deal with the “Big Dig” the greatest public works boondoggle in US history ( Yes, it was initially planned and funded by federal money via idiots like Teddy Kennedy and Joihn Kerry, but Romney abidcated his responsibilities as the governor tooversee or address any of the issues. The result is that someone actually died becuase of the inferior construction and the contracts with those resposible were written in such a way that they don’t even get a “tsk tsk” for their part in the tragedy.) Now, Massachusetts resdients will continue to pay for years and years to come. His “education reform” was a failure. And most things he touched went no where. And of course, all of this is before and beyond his flip-flopping the issues etc. Yeah, he’s right, Washington is broken, buit I guarantee you, he won’t fix it!
Could we see a brokered convention? Wouldn’t that be interesting.
This election seems to be setting conventional wisdom on its head. The political CW was that coronations were inevitable and brokered conventions were dead. Watch the pundits. Watch them run like a scared heard to Obama then back to Hillary, from Huck to McCain and now to who knows where. No one knows what the devil is going on. I love it.
Actually, in terms of actual delegates, which is what these primaries are deciding, Romney is LEADING the group. It’s not a dead heat. The ‘winner’ and ‘loser’ scenario is skewed by the press, it’s really, add up the scores, the one with the highest from all primaries is the winner.
for the life of me, I can not understand how a self-respecting conservative could vote for romney
not because of his faith, but because of his actions
Bob,
there ain’t a lot to choose from. You either have the loony (Ron Paul), the Liberal in Rep. clothing (Huckabee and McCaine), the 9/11 mayor, the sleepy actor (Thompson) or Romney.
In the case of most of us it is going to be “anyone is better than whichever socialist the Dems put up (Hillary or Barak)”.
libraryjim,
it seems quite un-conservative to use one’s won wealth to try to buy a nomination, as romeny is doing
Bob,
Name me an election in the past 100 years where this was not done. Elections cost money. The one with the most money usually has an advantage. Sometimes not (as Ross Perot and Forbes proved), but generally.