When last we left our Presidential candidates

Posted on February 1, 2008 in Politics by DM

Short version: If it all comes down to a Clinton-McCain contest, I’m screwed.

Last time I blogged about the Presidential race, our intrepid candidates were just leaving Iowa and looking forward to the New Hampshire Primaries. (I think they mostly missed the Wyoming caucuses…) Since that time, the cast of characters has changed considerably - turns out a few of them weren’t so “intrepid” after all.

Fred Thompson left the same way he came in - without much fanfare. I always thought his attitude toward his own candidacy was interesting: “I am the only true conservative in this race. I don’t want to be President, but my party needs me to save it from itself, therefore I am running. I am not exciting, but I have substance. If my substance doesn’t trump your need for excitement, that’s your problem.”

John Edwards left and I was frankly relieved. His message of class warfare was downright sickening, especially given his own lavish lifestyle.

There is much speculation that Rudy Giuliani will also drop out of the Republican race. (Update 2/1: Okay, apparently he DID drop out?? How did I miss this? Where was the fanfare?) Mike Huckabee, a big winner in the Iowa Caucuses, is faltering nationally. And John McCain is now the sort-of front-runner over Mitt Romney because he’s got Arnold Schwarzenegger’s endorsement (consider it payback for that whole Chuck Norris/Mike Huckabee deal).

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is fighting for her political destiny with Barack Obama. Snubbed by Democratic patriarch Ted Kennedy, wrangling her out-of-control, finger-pointing ex-President husband, and finding that neither blacks nor women (two groups she thought she could count on) really support her, Hillary just can’t believe she’s having to work this hard to win the nomination. Personally, I hope Obama knocks it out of the park. I absolutely positively do not want “that woman” to be my President.

And you know who else I don’t want in the White House? McCain. I will not vote for John McCain. Cripes, he’s only slightly more Republican than Ralph Nader.

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