Last night, I stayed up late to finish the last few pages of a mystery novel, and when I was done, I still wasn't sleepy. I decided to channel surf, and came across the replay of the Repub debate on CNN. I'd read about it on wonkette and decided to see what was happening for myself. I caught the last 15 minutes of the debate, and all the post-debate analysis with such luminaries as Bill Bennett, Gloria Borger, and David Gergen.
This was my second opportunity to see Hucklebuck in action, and again, he came across as mild and self-effacing. I liked his line about not presuming that Ronald Reagan would endorse him. After listening to McCain and Willard ramble on about the excellence of their qualifications, any fleeting moment of modesty was refreshing. Willard in particular is so stuck on himself that he's hard to stomach: Picture a cosmopolitan version of Rick Perry. Ron Paul is Ross Perot without the grating personal mannerisms. He made a good point about The Prez not being specified in the constitution as the commander-in-chief of the national economy, which made Willard's self-promotion look even sillier.
During the panel discussion, the position was repeated a few times that Willard is in a tough spot heading into Super Tuesday. He's not only trailing McCain (or Walnuts, as he's known on the internet), but has Hucklebuck on his flank. If Willard and Hucklebuck split the anti-McCain votes evenly in the hardcore conservative southern states, McCain cleans up the delegates under R winner-take-all primary rules. That clarifies the point I found troubling in the preceding post.
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