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02/07/2008: "Spoke Too Soon ..."

In an earlier entry, I said that Super Tuesday didn't provide us with final candidate for either party. That would appear to not be true, as now Mitt Romney has suspended his campaign.

I find the timing of this all quite amazing. Romney made his announcement in Washington at the Conservative Political Action Conference, and in spite of his poor showing on Tuesday, many of those in attendance were clearly in shock. But why today? Could it be because McCain is scheduled to speak to the same crowd later today, hoping to strengthen his support with the conservative wing of the party? One would hope so, and that he chose - or was pushed - to do the honorable thing.

It remains to be seen just how the conservative Republican leaders will react to Romney's announcement. They could grudgingly rally around McCain as the apparent candidate, or they could all push for Mike Huckabee in a desparate attempt to achieve their victory. Worse still, they could do as talk show host Laura Ingraham suggested this morning:

"McCain has so radicalized key conservatives that some have vowed to turn themselves into suicide voters next November by pulling the lever for Hillary Clinton," she said.

We discussed this yesterday, after Glenn Beck made a similarly stupid statement. Personally, I think they should listen to Mike Huckabee and his take on that:

"There's no way that they can call themselves conservative and do that," he said on CNN's "American Morning."You know, some people need to switch to decaf."

Decaf indeed!