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January 16, 2008
So the Republican slugfest between Mitt Romney and John McCain in Michigan was resolved in favour of Romney, with Huckabee a distant third. But then it was Romney's home state. Do the Republicans like McCain? The mainstream press sure does.
The race on the Republican side is wide open, as Romney, McCain and Huckabee have now each won a significant primary, and there are no signs that any of them have established a lasting advantage in national polls. Does Romney have the Big Mo? Or are the Republicans heading to a brokered convention?
Mike Thompson
The focus shifts to South Carolina, where a tough three-way contest is expected in the first Southern state to vote this primary season. This was the state that in 2000 effectively ended McCain's battle against George Bush. Immigration is the big issue here. Stop the illegals is the Republican battle cry.
Huckabee is going for the evangelical vote. Consider this:
I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that's what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than trying to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family."
It's hard for me take this seriously---constitutional amendments outlawing abortion and same-sex marriage spelt out in starkly religious terms. I find this Christian fundamentalism quite scary, yet Huckabee's a candidate for the President of the US! This is cockroach territory. I need a drink.
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Gary,
can we still say that poor Democratic whites are going for Clinton overwhelmingly? Is it blacks and well-off reformers overwhelmingly going for Obama,whilst poor and lower-middle class whites are going overwhelmingly for Hillary?