While the results are not complete unless things change drastically it looks like Mitt Romney is going to finish second once more. If he loses this as I now think the talking heads say he will then where is he?
Romney has spent at least a year trying to win New Hampshire and Iowa. When you look at the two candidates who won Huckabee and McCain neither has a hope of winning the election against Obama or Clinton. McCain is too attached to Iraq and is a GOP Senator – name the last one of those who won.
Huckabee is kind of a GWB II. He is tied to evangelicals and at the same time is a spend thrift. If you are the Democrats you draw both of those to a straight line to GWB.
Meanwhile Romney appears to be a good candidate against both. I do not believe he would be a lock to win. In fact I think he may still lose because of the force of tides against the GOP is pretty strong.
Yet with all that in place I think he has the best chance. But if he loses both states is he done? I think one could argue that he is simply limping into super tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Jon W 
