Good thing I didn't vote for Fred Thompson in the CA primary. He dropped out of the presidential race. Oh well, he will live on in Law & Order reruns. I always wondered why he decided to run in the first place. He didn't do much to differentiate himself from the other candidates or give people a reason to support him. But that's just my take. So one down and many more to go. Who will drop out next? On the Republican side it is effectively a 3 person contest between Romney (wins in Michigan and Wyoming), McCain (wins in New Hampshire & South Carolina), and Mike Huckabee (win in Iowa). Rudy Guliani is betting the farm on Florida, but my guess is that he won't win Florida and will drop out of the race when the results are announced. And then, on Feburary 5th, lots of states will have their primaries, after which I would expect Huckabee to drop out. And depending on the results either McCain or Romney will effectively win the nomination. On the Democrat side it looks like Kucinich dropped out (big surprise). Other than that it is effectively a two person race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I'm guessing nothing will be sorted out for them until Super Tuesday, February 5th. In the meantime we are dropping interest rates and giving people back a bunch of money as the economy tosses and turns. We'll see how things shape up...
Posted by troutm8 at January 25, 2008 03:56 PM