Romney is out

[timcrall]

I didn't see that coming

Comments

[bellabrigida]

Me neither. :(

[tikiera]

Scarily, the articles I'm seeing hint that makes it very likely Huckabee will be the VP nominee.

[bellabrigida]

Yeah, well, McCain's working really hard to have conservatives follow him. And if it's not Romney, it'll have to be Huck. Or maybe someone else. Like Condoleeza Rice or something. But if she's smart, she'll stay away from McCain.

I like her. And I like to think she's smart.

Then again, maybe. I don't know. I'm so totally lost at this point. I mean, McCain/Huckabee?!?

[timcrall]

But does he HAVE to work hard for the conservatives anymore? Candidates always run to the center for the general anyhow. And despite their protests to the contrary, are they really going to vote for Clinton or Obama just to spite him? (And if they do, more power to them, I say)

[jamesofengland]

There are pretty good arguments for preferring Hillary/ Obama, and some people certainly will, but it's much more a question of donors, volunteers, and turnout. If he doesn't pick a reasonably reliable conservative, much of talk radio, in particular, won't be able to support him.

[razrangel]

How could you not see that coming? He seemed to be consistently trailing throughout the run and after Tuesday there was just no way....

[bellabrigida]

Actually, early on Romney was leading in delegates pretty well. But even then, the media was going on and on about McCain. Interesting how that one worked.

And in the "no way" category, Huckabee's got to be dropping soon.

[razrangel]

The media chatter is mostly what I mean, perception being a bigger part of a true win than numbers.

[jamesofengland]

I'm not sure that I follow your definition of an electoral "true win".

[diabhol]

I did. The Republican process is designed to pick a winner ASAP.