Wow, I can barely type through the tears. I hope the crown of thorns doesn't mess up Mitt's hair.

A comment like this is sick, and I hope Americans recognize it for the fear-mongering that the Republican Party has just about trademarked. In an ideal world, McCain would decry these comments as fear-mongering and distortion, but I suspect he'll be using the same line in stump speeches before long.

And Obama and Clinton: don't take the bait. Stay focused on the real issues.

Hahahahahaha!

So now the only republicans in the race who can win are pretty much despised by one or both of the core bases of their party. Fiscal conservatives don't like Huck and just about nobody likes McCain. Remember a few weeks back when folks were saying Huck would be the end of the modern republican party. Well, they are saying the same thing about McCain. Ann Coulter says she is voting for Hillary because Hillary is more conservative than McCain. That's hardly true (but hey this is Ann we are talking about). Its certainly interesting, though. Dobson said he won't vote at all. Rush has suggested he also would vote for Hillary so she can take the blame for the liberal policies that would ensue (notice Rush and Ann have different takes on this—they just both hate McCain). A lot of commentators think the base is just gonna stay home like they did for Papa Bush. In that case, McCain's matchup numbers might be meaningless. They are all based on the assumption that the base will actually vote. But we know what big babies the base of the repugs is.

And don't forget Ron Paul. He's still in it to win it.

Nice haiku Liam, you hit the nail on the head.

Romney is a fool. Moronic statements like this ("surrender to terror") are par for the course from this dumbass. The statement says a LOT more about him than it does about Clinton or Obama.

What a relief that this imbecile won't be the president.

Don't laugh too hard at Mitt's "war on terror" rationale. It's merely a preview of the general election.

McCain is weak on most domestic issues. Pretty much the only decent card he has in his hand is national security -- i.e., the "Democrats are terrorist-abetting surrender monkeys" card. The only way the GOP can win in November (whether it's Hillary or Obama) is to get everybody scared that a vote for the Democrat is a vote for terrorists killing their family. So expect for all the conservative blowhards to trumpet that narrative as loudly as possible. I can just hear the refrain now: "A vote for Obama is a vote for Osama."

Romney's excuse isn't merely a joke; it's the GOP platform.

The Republican strategy is pretty obvious now. Get a 6-month jump on the Democrats in ramping up a national campaign and do everything they can to bolster McCain's position as a superior commander in chief. Who knows what kinds of shenanigans Bush will be up to between now and then to precipitate events that play into this scenario.

The Republican strategy is pretty obvious now. Get a 6-month jump on the Democrats in ramping up a national campaign and do everything they can to bolster McCain's position as a superior commander in chief.

Of course, the problem with that is that they don't know who to attack yet. Conversely, both Obama and Clinton can take aim at McCain by name. They can define him before the Democratic nominee is even decided, and thus help set up a favorable narrative for our side.

The question is, will they do that, or will they let yet another good opportunity pass them by?

How long until the announcement that his son's, who no longer will be serving their country by campainging for Daddy, are enlisting in the military to fight the GWOT that Mitt is so Gung Ho about?
The surge need you boys! Time to Ship out!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070808/romney-iowa/

He gone...good riddance. It will be McCain and Mac will lose in the general election..........if the Democrat plays it right.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but GA, CT, SC, AL, MO, DE, IL and UT were all primaries, not caucuses, and Obama won them. Clinton won the caucuses in NV and American Samoa. As such, it is rather less than obvious to me why we Obama supporters would be somehow irked by a disparagement of caucuses or an endorsement of primaries. Both candidates do fine in primaries and both do fine in caucuses. Meanwhile, this Obama supporter thinks that caucuses are for the birds and primaries are the way to go all around (with internet voting, like they did in MI in 2004).

Not to argue, but have you looked at the implications of being dismissive about Kansas and Minnesota are with Washington coming up? As for what the Obamamen will take offense to, who knows? We probably should ask Michael.

If you read the comments to the articles in the Louisiana newspapers - this is not playing well at all. The poor down south were very turned off by the money Obama has raised - and they were very impressed with Clinton using her own money. Its created some positive momentum for Hillary. The reasoning is that Obama's donations show he is candidate of the rich. Hillary isn't attracting as much money because her sympathizers are poor. Ergo - she is a candidate of the underdog.

Saint Mitt died for our sins. Woe unto us who scorned the anointed one. So what's next ? Come crawling back to Massachusetts to challenge Kerry ? If that's the case, I had better begin developing my programming skills ASAP so I can hobble together a Mitt-blocking chip for my TV & radio.

That sounds a lot like Mittens' audition for the VP slot. It's going to get ugly.

Of course, the irony is that the Republicans are generally the ones who have surrendered to terror and wet themselves pretty much continuously since 9/11.

this Obama supporter thinks that caucuses are for the birds and primaries are the way to go all around (with internet voting, like they did in MI in 2004).

I think forcing you to get out into the real world can be good sometimes. Ya know, meet your neighbors and weird shit like that.

May be online caucusing instead. (for geeks and weirdos of course)

It seems to me that the further we get from interacting in so called meat space the more mob like it makes us. Or something.