PRIMARIES 2008

Debate thoughts:
Ron Paul looked like an idiot.  He still reminds me of Henry Gibson on Laugh-In, and that’s the truth!  Mitt Romney was testy and flip-flipping.

Mike Huckabee made Ron Paul look like a ranting idiot!

Doc Holiday, Purrfect for America called the debate winner tonight.  She picked John McCain.  Of course she’s still pouting for not being invited!

I completely enjoyed this debate.  Giuliani did not get enough air time, but I am pleased that John McCain showed so well.  Romney flipped as well as flopped.  Huckabee did well.  Flap thinks McCain did well.

Liz Mair and I seem to share the same thought quite often.

Yep, Richardson is trying to keep his “conservative” values in the closet.
“…Often rumpled-looking, Richardson also has turned his frequent campaign gaffes into part of his shtick, attributing them to a common man’s lack of polish or, in one case, to jet lag. Aw, shucks, he explains, “I am not the scripted candidate.” 

All the while, with the public focused on the “front-runners,” Richardson has merrily slogged upward in public opinion polls in early caucus and primary states, selling his liberal plan to pull the troops out of Iraq while touting his conservative pro-gun-rights views. 

But now, Richardson has raised the expectation of his long-shot campaign. He is betting he can increase Latino voter participation, especially in the early primary and caucus states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and his home state of New Mexico. He also is eyeing pockets of Iowa where the Hispanic population has grown. 

If this is truly more than a campaign gimmick, the success of Richardson’s presidential bid will be judged not only by where it finishes but also by whether his candidacy drives up Latino vote totals. 

That will not be easy to do with a segment of the electorate that contains a large number of naturalized citizens who will be first-time caucus-goers and primary voters….”

Have you heard the one about Romney Facts?  The Palmetto Scoop has once again ‘scooped’!
The Dem site of Romney Facts.Com is wonderful!

The Politico weighs in on a Guiliani-Barbour ticket. If so, the south will be solid GOP and will prove my theory about the southern most geography on a ticket pulling the south.  We shall see.  

Thompson announces on Leno. Woopteedo

Obama needs a reality check.

And these people, even Giuliani, have some very big, very great shoes to fill.  More from the Draper book,
“…"I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president. I'll shed some tomorrow."…
…-Said he wants to make money - "replenishing the ol' coffers" - after his presidency. He said he could make "ridiculous" money on the lecture circuit, citing the experience of his predecessor, Bill Clinton, as well as his own father.

-Recalled his drinking days and how faith gave him the discipline to stop.
"I wouldn't be president if I kept drinking. You get sloppy, can't make decisions, it clouds your reason, absolutely. I still remember the feeling of a hangover, even though I haven't had a drink in twenty years." He said he ate chocolate in the evenings after he swore off booze, because his body missed the sugar.

-Told of a false alarm the night of Sept. 11, 2001, when he and his wife, Laura, were in bed in the White House after the day's traumatic events and a Secret Service agent came to the bedroom and told them to get to the bunker. "They're coming," the agent said. "We're under attack." The couple hurried to the bunker, the president carrying a dog under one arm and a cat under the other, with his wife slipping on a bathrobe and fuzzy slippers, feeling blind without her contact lenses. The source of the alarm - a plane in closed airspace over the Potomac River - turned out to be an authorized flight….”