Tomorrow should be an interesting day, there are already parties planned here in the capitol are that are probably going to be more fun than yesterday's Superbowl parties.
Why? Because tomorrow is Super Tuesday the day when the largest number of states hold their primaries. Here is a description from Wikipedia:
This article is about the primary day. For the ESPN program, see Super Tuesday (TV series).
Twenty-four states are holding caucuses or primary elections on Super Tuesday, 2008. Blue denotes Democratic-only caucuses (3), Red illustrates Republican-only contests (2), and Purple represents states holding elections for both parties (19).
Twenty-four states are holding caucuses or primary elections on Super Tuesday, 2008. Blue denotes Democratic-only caucuses (3), Red illustrates Republican-only contests (2), and Purple represents states holding elections for both parties (19).In the United States, Super Tuesday commonly refers to the Tuesday in early February or March of a presidential election year when the greatest number of states hold primary elections to select delegates to national conventions at which each party's presidential candidates are officially nominated. More delegates can be won on Super Tuesday than on any other single day of the primary calendar, and accordingly, candidates seeking the presidency traditionally must do well on this day to secure their party's nomination. In 2008, Super Tuesday is February 5; 24 states will hold primaries or caucuses on this date, with 52 percent of all pledged Democratic Party delegates and 41 percent of the total Republican Party delegates at stake. [1]
It's probably worth it to check out the link. One cannot always trust Wikipedia except when it involves a subject that is important
to both political parties (THE RNC AND THE DNC) who then use their media staff to control the content for quality and parity.
Most important for the Republicans is that the race between McCain and Romney is close and tomorrow should be the day that makes the decision for everybody.....
Right now, Fox News is running a little discussion on the chances of McCain and Romney doing a ticket together-but Juan Williams of NPR does not see the two getting together because of hatred on the part of the McCain people. Apparently, Romney rubs him the wrong way because he sees him as a businessman who will do anything to win. Hmmm, not the impression most voters get of him....someone sounds bitter that they cannot just walk in and take the nomination.
Really, McCain should be happy and some news reports say he acts as if he already has the nomination in the bag. Elizabeth Hasslebeck said this morning on the View that he is the best person for the Republicans to pick...but try telling that to the conservatives....most conservatives are so hacked at McCain that there are multiple facebook groups, Facebook notes, Facebook articles and such flying around the site proclaiming Romney and dissing McCain. Even Gmail is being used as people change their tags to write messages against McCain and for Romney.
Apparently, Romney is worried that Huckabee will cut his votes out tomorrow and the two will both loose while McCain rides his support to a win. And Romney proclaims that he is really the most conservative choice. As one friend put it on Friday, "I haven't been happy in a long time with the choice" meaning that the nominee is almost never someone who completely satisfies everyone.
It's possible that the nominee will not be decided tomorrow, by some crazy fluke, it's happened before....but not since the 1970's.
McCain has certainly waited a long time to be the nominee....and he would do well against Hillary. If Hillary is the Democratic nominee, it's clear that the Democrats are duking it out over Obama vs. Clinton. It seems- with madonna type pundits like Anne Coulter proclaiming they would vote for Hillary out of contempt for McCain- that the stage has been set for a Hillary vs. Whomever from the Republican's showdown...
And the Republicans would certainly rally to defeat her.