actually come out of the primary system. Fred Thompson had been
counting on a win in South Carolina to make him a legitimate candidate
for president, and it didn't happen. He came in third and secured no
delegates, and my guess is this dried up his finance, leading to his
withdrawal from the race. There's a lot of other speculation about what
he might do now including the possibility that he'll endorse Senator
McCain, but unfortunately I think his gig as the DA on Law & Order is
gone. So it's down to McCain, Romney, Huckabee, and Giuliani as
potentially viable candidates for the presidency.
The only other real result so far has been John Edwards' inability to do
much more than hang around, pick up some delegates here and there and
make speeches. This leaves Barack and Hillary as the only foreseeable
nominees, with John McCain the only Republican who comes anywhere near
beating them in polls. On the other hand, it's only #$%@'ing January so
I don't know who's taking those polls seriously.
This Saturday is the South Carolina Democratic Primary, and given South
Carolina's large number of black voters and the racial tension stirred
up around Martin Luther King Day between Barack and Hillary, this should
be fun. Oh yeah, that was the other thing we've learned so far, Hillary
hung onto the Hispanic vote in Nevada, and this makes the Florida
Primary next Tuesday a lot of fun as well. And rest assured, I will be
here to share all the results and pretend I know what's going on.
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