Morning After Thoughts...
I'm still pretty bummed, and I still think Mitt is finished. I also think, though, that it doesn't matter much, as Barack Obama has a one-way, waterslide ticket to the Oval Office. I think anyone Republicans could throw up would beat Hillary. (And if it's Huckabee, yes, it would involve a considerable amount of throwing up.) I don't think Mitt or anyone else can beat Obama.
That's how I console myself as I watch the Republicans piss away what little is left of the Reagan legacy.
Have a nice day.
That's how I console myself as I watch the Republicans piss away what little is left of the Reagan legacy.
Have a nice day.
posted by Elder Samuel Bennett | 8:07 AM
6 Comments:
All is not lost.
Maybe for Mitt (which was inevitable no matter what the outcome was in Iowa- he IS a Mormon, you know), but not for the Republicans. By no means does Obama have the nomination sewn up. The Clintons have never done well in Iowa, which is essentially a populist state (Hillary is the establishment now), and Giuliani could fare well in some of the larger states (CA, FL, etc). I would take Guiliani over everybody left in the race except for Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney, who are both dead men walking.
Give it a couple of more days to settle in. Emotional reactions are usually the worst. BTW, your brother-in-law's essay is excellent.
I could vote for Giuliani. Wouldn't be happy about it, though. I simply cannot vote for John McCain, and I would crawl over broken glass to vote for Hillary Clinton if she was running against Huckabee.
More than one person I've talked to today has said that if the nominees are Huckabee and Obama, then Utah becomes a blue state.
I grabbed this from EvangelicalsForMitt.com
I guess they're being optimistic.
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Team Romney had expected 75,000 caucus goers to show up last night, and had set an internal goal of getting 25,000 of them (or 30 percent) in order to win. They exceeded their goal, but did not anticipate the large turnout in excess of 100,000, especially among Evangelical Christians... Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush both lost in Iowa, but went on to win the nomination. Also, it is important to note that no GOP candidate with less than 18 percent in Iowa has gone on to win the nomination. In New Hampshire, it comes down to Romney vs. McCain, with Huckabee nowhere in sight. A surging Obama helps Romney because he will siphon away independent voters in New Hampshire from McCain, which were crucial in his upset win over George Bush back in 2000. Right now, polls show that 60 percent of likely independent voters in New Hampshire support Obama. In order to win, McCain will have win back Republicans that he lost back in 2000, which has been made more difficult by his anti-conservative voting record since then in opposing the Bush tax cuts, proposing blanket amnesty for illegal aliens, and championing the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. Also, look for Mitt Romney to return to his “Mr. Fixit/Washington outsider” message over these next four days.
Stallion, do you really think Obama is going to win? I'm not that sure myself, even if he manages to get the nomination.
BTW, this was posted at Dry:
http://www.dryboard.org/dryboard/index.php?topic=14978.0
If you want to comment your handle and password should still work there, despite the system being transfered to SMF a couple of months back.
Would you like to know some of my Morning After thoughts?
Yes, JJR. I would like to know some of your Morning After thoughts.
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