Saturday, January 5, 2008

The Debates

Wow, it seems all of those GOP candidates got together and decided, "Hey, let's beat the heck out of Romney."

That guy was toast.

For the GOP, South Carolina will be more interesting because that will be where some folks drop out finally. And South Carolina is notorious for nasty politics, downright reprehensible.

Why isn't the media talking about Ron Paul more? A avowed libertarian with a double-digit in Iowa is an interesting story to me, at least.

The interesting but not surprising part of the Democratic debate was Edwards pretty much taking the flack for Obama, thereby labeling her as "status quo," a phrase she's having a hard time shrugging off. Her end of Iowa Caucus speech with Bill in the background didn't help her perception as a "change agent."

I liked ABC's sit-down format.

In a totally unrelated note, Hannah is currently two for two on her picks today.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why isn't the media talking about Ron Paul more? A avowed libertarian with a double-digit in Iowa is an interesting story to me, at least.

Because he is a nutjob.

Ron Paul is an isolationist both in foreign policy and economics. He wants to return to the gold standard which would make our currency more instable. He tolerates white supremacists and 9/11 conspiracy theorists among his supporters.

I admire his passion for a more limited federal government, but that is his only redeeming quality as a politician.

Oh yeah, according to the ads on Drudge the Moonlight Bunny Ranch owner and "contractors" support him. That's a plus in my book.

Quintilian B. Nasty said...

Your points about his issues and associations still perplex me. If this guy is getting that much support, I think that would be a hot story. In our "man bites dog" media environment, I would have thought people would be doing some interesting profiles of the dude ("nutjob").