Students who swim in the deep end of the physics pool are well aware of the concept of antimatter. For each element of the “normal” universe which we take for granted, there is an equal and opposite dark sister lurking out there somewhere. The electron has its positron and the proton has the anti-proton hiding out in the depths of space and time. Analogies being a cheap commodity in the political silly season, it makes sense that the dead-ender Clinton PUMA crowd would have their equal and opposite component skulking about someplace in the electoral arena. Today TMV’s political research scientists may have located this rare element in the form of Hugh Hewitt.
McCain counters with… Romney, of course. The same factors in Romney’s favor — pull in Michigan, Nevada, Colorado and New Hampshire, the energy brought by his organization– are still there, but the pick of Biden calls for a very experienced debater as the only thing Slow Joe has going for him is the thousand or so primary season debates he has under his belt. Romney has the same sort of experience in the one setting where the veep nominees get the nation’s undivided attention.
Hugh’s position is more than understandable, of course. Having wagered life, limb and reputation on a push for the various Right wing talk radio mavens’ marching orders that the GOP faithful reject the completely unacceptable John McCain in favor of Romney, only to see the rank and file kick him to the curb, one could see how Hewitt may have been left feeling like the bridesmaid trying to return that ugly dress after the groom jilted the prospective bride for a sportier model. But the talk radio star should have a care that he doesn’t wind up shoving a poison pen in his own eye.
All across the heartland, GOP rank and file voters were given ample opportunity to evaluate Mitt and found him wanting. Some may have been turned off by his Mormon faith, while others were perhaps unconvinced by his sudden and all-too-convenient transmutation from Nor’eastern RINO to Reagan-era conservative stalwart. In any event, as I wrote in my column on Mitt being the Kiss of Death for John McCain, the register rang up a big No Sale sign on Romney.
You have to be careful when go messing about with antimatter, lest it meet the genuine article and blow your candidate into the next dimension. McCain has any number of salable choices for the number-two slot and, with Obama’s decision to take Biden along, he may find the opportunity he’s been seeking. Recent polls indicate that he is at least within striking-distance of grabbing a seat in the Oval Office. Bowing to the talk radio crowd’s demands at this point could bring it all crashing back down.
On a side note, I’d like to find out who Hewitt is picking for the Super Bowl this year so I can get some early money in on their opponents. I’m willing to bet he took New England last January.