The Republican Race Is Probably Over
- 01.29.2008 - 9:30 PMJennifer, if you’re right and Rudy endorses McCain this week, I think the race is pretty much done. Mitt Romney has yet to show that he can really win. But the bigger challenge for the Party will be how all the conservatives make peace with McCain. If Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee, they will argue, persuasively, that Romney may have been a better GOP nominee. Against Obama, McCain is the old man versus the young man, the old way versus the new. Romney, at least, can make a much stronger argument against Obama’s soft-headed economics.
But if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, then we really do have one of the great national contests on our hand — and the McCain haters will have no hoice but to get on board.
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January 30th, 2008 at 1:02 AM
instead of “old way versus the new”, call it “guru vs. newbie”
January 30th, 2008 at 8:09 AM
21st Century Republicans arguing about “soft-headed” economics? Just who has been running the place during the last 7 years? Give me a break!
January 30th, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Aw, come on, Daniel–Obama is clearly on the move. And Ron above is right–Obama’s economics are no more soft-headed than those of our current president, Fluffy the Marshmallow Head.
Hop on the hope train, honey! People are sick of the bickering.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:14 PM
“… and the McCain haters will have no choice but to get on board.”
Wrong. I do have a choice. I will not vote for John McCain. In fact, I might vote for Ms. Clinton or Mr. Obama just to spite him.