According to... well, almost everyone at this point - Romney has the nomination well in hand.
Polling seems to indicate he's got a healthy lead in South Carolina, and Florida to boot.
Perry apparently will not quit. Paul is all about advancing his libertarian ideals, so he won't quit either. Nor should he, since he's showing himself to be consistently the next strongest (must not write "#2"). I believe that Gingrich will stick around for as long as he can, if only to continue throwing molotov cocktails at Romney. Santorum is already significantly weakened (no surprise to anyone there) since his near-victory in Iowa.
Huntsman is, well, irrelevant.
I could easily see this unfolding as a three way race between Romney (for the "establishment"), Santorum (religious right), and Paul (libertarians), with Romney dominating because of his "electability", despite the fact that hardly anyone seems to like him much.
What I would like to see is as many also-ran candidates to step out now, so their voters will have time to think about which non-Romney-who-could-also-win they'll back. I have no doubt that Romney will go into super tuesday with the frontrunner status, but I'd like to see Ron Paul get the bump, so he can be seen as a viable alternative (if not "last man standing") on super tuesday.
Otherwise, this is just going to pan out as Romney mopping up state after state. A victory for play-it-safe, passionless, heartless, gutless politics.
I smell half a jar of old mustard?
ReplyDeleteIf Paul - yes.
ReplyDeleteIf Romney - no, what you're smelling is the odor of a tie, the rank putrifaction of gloriLESS victory into the base product of deferred loss. By the time of the GOP convention, the rest of America will pick up the scent.
Haha I know it was a tie, that's why I said half a jar.
ReplyDeleteBut yeah....
Oh yeah. I'm an idiot who needs to read things through before commenting. And deserves a really big spanking.
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