Both the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries are becoming the stuff of political science legend. You have the meteoric rise and fall of the Rudy Giuliani candidacy, the record-setting fundraising of Ron Paul, the almost unbelievable success of Mike Huckabee and his shoestring budget, the historic candidacy of either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama for the Democratic Party and so much more – all going on at once!
Many people have been calling the Republican campaign for John McCain since Mitt Romney bowed out last week. However, Mike Huckabee has had a strong showing in the South and other states where religious voters have major influence. At the same time, McCain has been battling for acceptance by the far right-wing of the Republican Party – especially among the conservative talk radio scene.
On the other side of the battle, the Clintons have been battered and beaten (as usual) by the press with the latest scandal being MSNBC saying that Chelsea Clinton was being pimped out by her mother’s campaign. Vile. This further proves the irrelevance of MSNBC in the news scene and in the world of current events. What a joke that station has become.
Obama, on the other hand, continues to turn heads – including Republican heads. I have a feeling that if Obama is the nominee for the Democrats that he’s going to win the national election by at least a 60/40 margin. But I guess time will tell.
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I voted for Obama this past Tuesday (my wife for Hillary). I see him as much more electable than Hillary and less polarizing. Also I like him better on the issues.
As for the talk radio big mouths, I think they are scared that their brand of Republican is being marginalized and that the only salable version is being middle of the road. I think much of it has to do with their support of Bush, in spite of his veering off course from his original campaign statements of no nation building etc.
I wouldn’t mind their brand of Republicanism being marginalized! In fact, if we could find a way to replace it with Ron Paul’s libertarian-leaning Republicanism…
Ah, pipe dreams!
As for Obama, I would certainly consider voting for him in a McCain vs. Obama election. Hillary, though, I would stay away from. I don’t see this fabled “change” that the nation seems to want in her candidacy. And she kinda scares me a little bit… 🙂
MITT ROMNEY 2012!!!
Joe, we (I) need more posts on JS. It’s killin me not to have your insight on anything and everything going on in the world today. I mean, how about the 143 million pounds of beef recalled? How about your take on the Pakistani elections currently underway? Or consider the steps we can take as a nation to rid ourselves of these violent attacks on our campuses by disturbed gunmen (a response to Test’s posting of his thoughts would be great!)…. and if all else fails, how about some more good ol’ fashioned gloating about the New York GIANTS!!!
Yeah, I need to start posting more. Been busy lately – I’ll have a post up on Joe’s Journal about some things that I’ve been keeping up on and I’ll have more posts up on JerseySmarts.com, too.