Comments on: What the Sunshine State Foreshadows http://themoderatevoice.com/17432/what-the-sunshine-state-foreshadows/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17432/what-the-sunshine-state-foreshadows/comment-page-1/#comment-149811 DLS Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:43:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/television/tv/17432/what-the-sunshine-state-foreshadows/#comment-149811 Actually, the race between McCain and Romney isn't over yet, SD. Neither of them appeal to me or to many others (who obviously aren't "arch-conservatives," but merely not lock-step liberals) but there remains a contest. (OK, you may have a point insofar as whoever wins can likely choose the other guy as his VP. Will it be McCain-Romney or Romney-McCain? The suspense is overwhelming!) The Dem race is simply more interesting this year. Will Clinton repeat the attempted theft of the lost White House in 2000 by trying to force inclusion of Florida and Michigan delegates to forestall a possible lost nomination and White House? (If so, perhaps those states should be required to do something that would be legitimate this time, unlike in 2000: Have new, official elections!)<br><br>The central issue here with Florida and timing is that the states will continue to leapfrog each other's primaries (I heard some lib whining on NPR last night that California should be the first state to hold a primary, something worse than having any tiny, "unrepresentative" state go first) unless some kind of reform is imposed. Actually, the race between McCain and Romney isn't over yet, SD. Neither of them appeal to me or to many others (who obviously aren't “arch-conservatives,” but merely not lock-step liberals) but there remains a contest. (OK, you may have a point insofar as whoever wins can likely choose the other guy as his VP. Will it be McCain-Romney or Romney-McCain? The suspense is overwhelming!) The Dem race is simply more interesting this year. Will Clinton repeat the attempted theft of the lost White House in 2000 by trying to force inclusion of Florida and Michigan delegates to forestall a possible lost nomination and White House? (If so, perhaps those states should be required to do something that would be legitimate this time, unlike in 2000: Have new, official elections!)

The central issue here with Florida and timing is that the states will continue to leapfrog each other's primaries (I heard some lib whining on NPR last night that California should be the first state to hold a primary, something worse than having any tiny, “unrepresentative” state go first) unless some kind of reform is imposed.

]]> By: superdestroyer http://themoderatevoice.com/17432/what-the-sunshine-state-foreshadows/comment-page-1/#comment-149810 superdestroyer Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:26:58 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/television/tv/17432/what-the-sunshine-state-foreshadows/#comment-149810 Once again, the media insist upon a winner to be named quickly. At least the Democrats have a chance to have meaningful votes on Super Tuesday. As the U.S. becomes a one party state, the Iowa Democratic caucuses and the New Hampshire Democratic Primary will be the defacto presidential election where the rest of us have to live with their decisions. Any candidate that cannot come in the top three in Iowa or win New Hampshire is basically unelectable. The Giuliani campaign demonstrates that. Once again, the media insist upon a winner to be named quickly. At least the Democrats have a chance to have meaningful votes on Super Tuesday. As the U.S. becomes a one party state, the Iowa Democratic caucuses and the New Hampshire Democratic Primary will be the defacto presidential election where the rest of us have to live with their decisions. Any candidate that cannot come in the top three in Iowa or win New Hampshire is basically unelectable. The Giuliani campaign demonstrates that.

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