Tuesday, January 08, 2008
The Big No-Mo [Mark Steyn]
Looking at the winners and losers on the Republican side, I don't see a lot of the former coming out of New Hampshire:
Romney lost, because he came second, which is starting to look like a pattern;
McCain lost, because his margin over Romney is, as noted below, underwhelming enough to get his comeback written off as little more than a local phenomenon;
Huckabee lost, because a distant third with no evidence of an Iowa bounce makes his caucus victory seem ancient history;
Giuliani lost, because he barely beat Ron Paul;
Paul lost, because he couldn't even beat Giuliani;
Thompson lost, because he's a big-time Hollywood guy with a hot primetime TV show and, even if he were totally incompetent, that ought to be worth more than one per cent.
Oh, well. On to Michigan, which is sure to have its own novel ways of damaging the "front"runners.
Maybe it's time to get behind Alan Keyes.
01/08 11:38 PM
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