Is the shoot out over? Have the assault weapons been locked up? Is it safe to come outside to play?
Wow. After watching Palin's performance the other night in which she went to the mats straightaway without wasting a moment, I have to say she did a damned good job at delivering a speech written by one of Rove's minions. You go girl. You are tough indeed and you did what you were called to do. With Rove's guidance, you are now the future of the Republican Party. What a new and bright future lies ahead for your Party.
In the middle of it all, one of my nieces who is visiting us asked "Why is she so mean?" My niece is a typically apolitical but engaged college student. I replied "Because it is all about
her."
Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women -- and to many men too -- who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote. We owe it to Shirley Chisholm, who first took the "white-male-only" sign off the White House, and to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who hung in there through ridicule and misogyny to win 18 million votes.
But here is even better news: It won't work. This isn't the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.
CNN is reporting that Mitt Romney is suspending his campaign.
Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney were campaigning as the alternative to John McCain, but unlike Huckabee, Romney's campaign never truly got the traction it needed to be competitive in the South or among the traditionally conservative Republican base.
Speculation had surround the "McCain/Huckabee" alliance that seemed to have been forged (especially after the West Virginia convention), and I would venture a guess that Huckabee will drop out soon too. Reason? After Super Tuesday's results, Huckabee is in a prime position to be selected as the Republican veep. No reason to destroy that chance by campaigning through March against the presumptive nominee.
Romney's exit does mean that there will be no Republican motivation to vote March 4th.
Good news for Democrats because it will free up some TV space for ads and allow us to identify more Democrats by keeping Republican's from mobilizing. It will also give Democrats a first run at GOTV on a large scale while keeping Republican's home.
The Republican Party has a nominee on the horizon, but Democrats are well positioned. Romney took some punches at McCain and gave evangelical talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh a reason to say he would take Hillary over McCain. Democrats are well organized and building infrastructure for November while Republicans have to sit and wait before they can launch the noise machine. It is an interesting time to be a Texas Democrat.
"If that is the model, then the issue becomes very, very clear to me from the standpoint of who I want to support, and it is Mike Huckabee," Perry said. "And then it goes to the next level: Who do we have that is the most electable from our candidates? And I think without a doubt it is Rudy Giuliani."
Perry became defensive when reporters asked whether that meant he thought Huckabee, an anti-abortion candidate, was best on the abortion issue. He reiterated that he said Giuliani was the "most electable" Republican.
After filing in Texas for Mr. Giuliani, Mr. Perry was asked if he has any buyer's remorse about his early support for Mr. Giuliani, especially now that Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee - a friend of Mr. Perry's and a kindred spirit on conservative issues - is surging in national polls.
While Mr. Huckabee might be doing well in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mr. Perry replied, he strongly believes that Mr. Giuliani will win in the delegate-rich states that cast ballots Feb. 5.
He said Mr. Giuliani is the best, most experienced GOP candidate, one who has pledged to nominate Supreme Court justices in the mold of conservatives Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia.
"If that is the model, the issue becomes very, very clear to me from the standpoint of who I want to support, and it is Mike Huckabee," Mr. Perry said.
Don't worry, Rick, we Texans know how prone you are to making mistakes. That said, I suppose this is what you get when you pander.
Let this be a lesson ladies and gentlemen, be careful how early you endorse in the primaries because you could seriously regret that decision later on. After all, when you have such standup choices as the train wrecks we see in the GOP presidential primary wouldn't you also find it difficult to endorse someone and stick with it?
