The morning after
I watched most of Super Tuesday's returns on Fox, just so I could enjoy their squirming over Romney's dismal showing. I got a certain amount of pleasure from watching Sean Hannity put in his place...he didn't make much eye contact as Brit Hume interviewed him about McCain's win.
Because, guess what? Apparently after two weeks of rabid Righties fluffing up Romney and swiftboating John McCain, it was all for naught.
Day in and day out, all you heard from Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingram, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, James Dobson, the editorial board at the National Review, etc. was how they will not vote for him and would, in fact, vote for Hitlery instead.
"He's not a real conservative" they whined. "Why he's wasn't even a real hero in Vietnam" they sneered. "He's a Mexican-lover" they drooled.
Fox’s Brit Hume had even reported that McCain had "lied"...also that “some members” of the Bush family are supporting Romney (maybe that was the kiss of death).
I guess we can call them Neo-con Coyotes ...because they chewed off their legs to get away from John McCain... and now they have to figure out how to unshit their nest. And may I gleefully predict that this is the beginning of their decline. Sane Republicans are tired of all their hate.
Okay now, McCain has emerged as a frontrunner, Romney is a dead candidate walking, and Huckabee is hanging in there with the biggest ol' grin on his face. But, Huck won't seriously be considered as a conservative alternative to McCain.
So, the Republicans are pretty much sorted out, while the Democratic race has no clear-cut winner before the convention. Just the exact opposite of what everyone expected not too long ago.
If the R's are smart they would kick Limbaugh & Gang to the corner and quickly unite behind McCain to start running a general election campaign ...because the D's will get all the negative press as they'll probably duke it out for months to come.
Yes, Obama won more states, but Clinton won the big Democratic strongholds. People are choosing between inspiration and competence. There will be more wins in store for Obama, but come November he won't win the same places he won last night...because they are wingnut country. Karl Rove himself said the same thing on Fox last night. (Yes, he finally came home)
So, this very close Democratic race brings good news and bad news. The good news -- it's still Exciting! The bad news -- contrary to what all the pundits and TV talking heads have said, the race hasn't been a very nasty one....until now.
The delegate thing drives me crazy. Republicans have a "winner take all" delegates arrangement. Democrats have a "proportional delegates" arrangement, wanting everyone to have a chance for a slice of the pie. Trying to be fair you see, but boy is it complicated.
And what about all those bastard Michigan and Florida delegates? There Will Be Blood at the Denver convention.
But back to last night. Again, Hillary's women give her strong unshakable support...even the Massachusetts women the Kennedys tried to seduce away. These women don't make as much noise as Barack’s youth movement, but it looks like they will not be moved. Hillary's women will either give her victory or keep her in play till the very end.
And remember that older women are steady ...not as flighty as college students. Older women know how to stand their ground.
What we have to figure out is -- who has a better chance to defeat John McCain in a general election?
More about that later.
