By the way, Romney and Clinton lead in national convention delegate counts, Clinton by a substantial margin.
So do we really have two genuine front-runners with McCain and Clinton notching two consecutive wins each? Or are they merely the flavors of the week?
McCain has to be considered the Republican front-runner, especially since Huckabee did not have a big breakthrough in his first Southern contest, but McCain still is reviled by the establishment of a party that is deeply-divided and actually got fewer Republican votes than the Huckster in the open primary. You can be sure that the big guns will be aimed at him as the 21-state Super Tuesday primaries (most of which are closed) on February 5 approach.
After McCain’s win, the most satisfying result was yet another humiliating finish well down in the pack by Rudy Giuliani, whose stake-it-all-on-Florida strategy looks increasingly lame.
Obama is the favorite in the forthcoming Democratic primary in South Carolina, so the luster of Clinton’s win in Nevada may not last long. Like McCain, Clinton also has high negatives and will be seen as dividing a party with the inside track on capturing the White House with every subsequent win.
At least we can be thankful for one thing: No one has taken the lead at this point because of their religion, and experience seems to be trumping all.