Tonight, or last night, was very interesting in so many ways. As political junkies across America were glued to CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, the reality show of the primaries was on epic display. It was moving, infuriating, endearing, and sickening… often simultaneously.
John McCain finally picked up the requisite delegate votes to become the Republican nominee beyond a shadow of a doubt and delivered a speech that deserves to be replayed as we move into the general elections. He gave the most succinct, direct, speech that I’ve heard the man deliver in a very long time, and it put him in fantastic shape as he harnesses his political capital and focuses on destroying his Democratic opponent.
Speaking of which, Hillary and Obama are completely and utterly locked into a death match now that Texas and Ohio have spoken. There’s virtually zero chance that either one will drop out of the race, and neither should be pushed into it by anyone. This will result in an intoxicating blood bath that Republicans can watch from the sidelines and enjoy with pleasure and glee.
I’d be absolutely shocked if they took the nomination all the way to convention, which makes John McCain even more likely to obtain his seat in the Oval Office. Whomever emerges from the convention (with my money on Hillary) will have ten short weeks to mount a national campaign, which compared to McCain’s 35 weeks appears incredibly trivial.
Add on to that the fact that Hillary and Obama will each blow their considerable campaign coffers on the remaining primary contests, and the picture for Republicans just gets brighter.
I have to mention Mike Huckabee as well, since his withdraw speech was both impressive and humble. It was the appropriate punctuation following his passionate campaign and I believe will serve to move Huckabee’s very loyal supporters towards John McCain. That’s the most important thing right now and I’ll be talking much more about it in the future.
In the meantime, I think all Republicans will be able to sleep very well tonight with the knowledge that the Democrats are going to bludgeon each other to death over the upcoming months. Their party is in utter turmoil, with divisiveness at every turn, while Republicans can now come together and rally behind their chosen candidate.
Damn it feels good to be a Republican.
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