And then there were 2

Okay, Ron Paul is still in the mix, but the GOP race is down to two. On one hand, there's the front runner with a seemingly commanding lead, and on the other the socially conservative populist. The upcoming contests will be interesting. McCain will be almost imoosible to beat, especially if as seems the case Mitt Romney has swung his support to McCain. Still, Mike Huckabee will slug on, giving some in the party an alternative voice. The GOP race, of course, isn't quite the same as the Democratic one. And you can point at the way delegates are selected. Winner take all versus proportional. If this had been proportional, things would likely be different.
So, now we know. John McCain will be the GOP standard-bearer. The question is, who can best confront his message and personal story. For a number of reasons, I think that person is Barack Obama. If the issue is experience, then Hillary can't win it. She may have more than Barack, but considerably less than McCain. So perhaps it's the vision thing that will be key in this season of change. And it's Obama who seems to have the edge in this category.

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Danny Bradfield said…
I was listening to Rush Limbaugh today. "Why?" you might ask... Well, I heard Romney's announcement and thought that, perhaps, Rush might be entertaining. I was not disappointed. I could hear him literally pulling his hair out in anguish. Then he said he was contemplating raising money for Hillary Clinton, because she's more beatable than Obama. When talking about the possibility of Obama being the Democrat's nominee, Rush was quaking in fear.
Danny Bradfield said…
(btw, lest you think listening to Rush is a normal thing for me, I should point out that it took me awhile to find Rush; I didn't even know what station he was on.)
Robert Cornwall said…
Danny,

My, you're spending time with interesting characters. Rush seems to be having a difficult time.

I think you're right about te fear that the Right Wing have of Obama. The contrast between him and McCain will be strong. It's generational and focused on vision. So they're afraid of it -- kind of like Dems were afraid of Ronnie. We might not have liked his policies, but I remember that in 1980, even I was moved by his vision (that was during my conservative days).
I hope the Right keeps on attacking McCain until Obama wins the Dem nomination. My biggest fear right now is that McCain will have time to run a national campaign while Clinton and Obama are duking it out. And the delegate math is not encouraging: If Obama wins the rest of the Feb. primaries by less than 60% each, she will continue to split delegates fairly evenly. Then, if she comes back and wins Ohio and Texas in March and PA in April, they get to the point where NEITHER can get to 2,025--the number needed for nomination. A brokered convention would have been interesting ONLY if the GOP were still in chaos.

I am praying for huge Obama victories beginning this weekend and superdelegates switching to him and pressure on Clinton to drop out (even if he has to offer her VP to do it) so that we can gear up for the fight against McCain--the Less Jobs, More Wars candidate.

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