Most major news outlets are awarding Michigan to Romney tonight. The Republican nomination race is officially a clusterfuck (among, I'd like to note, a group of candidates who collectively suck more than a new Hoover). I don't think the Republican nomination race is worth a bottle of rat spit, since whoever the Republicans nominate is going to be slaughtered in November. But I suppose we ought to pay attention.
Posted by baltar at January 15, 2008 09:25 PM | TrackBack | Posted toThe Republicans are so fragmented and clusterfucked that only one thing could possibly unite them and give them enough popular support to win.
Alas, she's still leading in the polls.
Posted by: jacflash at January 15, 2008 09:35 PM | PERMALINKI'm not sure Hillary will be enough to save the Republicans. Though that is their best shot. I've read several blog posts that argue that Edwards support will swing to Obama (Edwards people are closer to Obama than Hillary, so goes the argument), and Hillary may not even get the nomination (which is fine by me).
Posted by: baltar at January 15, 2008 09:40 PM | PERMALINKI would vote for Obama (and will, in the MA primary). I might even send him money.
You know I'm not voting for Her, though.
Posted by: jacflash at January 15, 2008 10:02 PM | PERMALINKI'll vote for her in November (since whoever is the "R" then will be worse than her), though I won't be happy about it.
I don't necessarily dislike her as much as I dislike the fact that she's so attached to the main-stream Democratic Party people. I'd like to see some new faces in DC, and I don't think you'll get any with HRC.
Posted by: baltar at January 15, 2008 10:08 PM | PERMALINKNew faces with HRC? Ummmm - no.
And I'm with jacflash at least to the extent that I think a McCain vs. Clinton race would be extremely competitive, regardless of the structural strengths of the Democratic Party this year.
Posted by: Armand at January 16, 2008 12:55 AM | PERMALINKAnd with the final results in, Romney wins fairly handily (nine points over McCain: 39 to 30). That's impressive. Of course, his policies (return Michigan to manufacturing competitiveness) are absolute insanity, but that never stopped voters before.
Posted by: baltar at January 16, 2008 08:54 AM | PERMALINKArmand: I don't see anyone but McCain giving the Dems a real race. And to be clear, I don't see him having much of a chance vs Obama. But against HRC, it would at least be interesting.
Posted by: jacflash at January 16, 2008 10:35 AM | PERMALINK