Wow. Congratulations to Mitt Romney. Once again, the press got a little ahead of itself calling a candidate essentially done. Not nearly as egregious as the early NH Clinton obituaries, but they had surely written him off. I wonder when they will finally realize that VOTERS and not "journalists" decide the candidates.
Had I lived in Michigan, I'm not sure who I would have voted for. I still like HRC in general, but I think I've decided I am not going to vote for her. I just don't like her campaign's conduct since NH. You can say that surrogates aren't the candidate, but someone speaking at a campaign event or heading up a campaign division represents the type of people the candidate will bring into the White House. And I've said from the beginning, as much as I do like HRC, I hate the people she surrounds herself with (ex-WJC, of course).
That leaves uncommitted or vote in the Republican primary. Republicans chose to have an open primary, so its my choice to make. While I think that Romney is a huge db, I do think he's the least crazy of all the Republican candidates and probably the most malleable for a Democratic congress to push legislation passed. Grummings and I had this discussion last night and, while we agreed Huckabee is the most crazy, she said she'd rather have McCain.
To me, McCain is a terrible choice. First of all, despite all of the talk of his being a principled, straight-talker, the guy sold out everything he believed in 2004, aggressively campaigning for GWB. See here:
and here:
Second of all, he's a right-wing, reactionary conservative on everything except immigration and torture...and even there he didn't pusdh against GWB's signing statement and has toughened his immigration stance in the primary. Thirdly, I think Tim Noah makes a good point about the "experience" issue. But the main reason I can't stand McCain is the press lovefest that would ensue if he wins the nomination. Its horrendous. They would fluff him all the way to the Presidency. I just couldn't take it.
So for me, it probably would have been Romney over uncommitted. While I'm perfectly ok with another President Clinton, I couldn't take a President (or even nominee) McCain.
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