Good morning once again “Boxers”. Did you see what happened with Rick Santorum Tuesday Night? Three Victories in one night; granted, Missouri was non-binding and a moral victory only, but Colorado and Minnesota were both major wins for someone who I personally was questioning why they hadn’t withdrawn from the race weeks ago (I guess he figured a squeaker in Iowa was worth staying in the race for – he may have been right). Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney had the wind let out of their sails over this I’ll wager. The next contest is in Maine where Ron Paul might actually win outright instead of the second and third place he’s been settling for. Overnight the complexion of the Republican Race has changed. Newt Gingrich is no longer such a sure thing as he was after South Carolina, and even Mitt Romney has to be worried that he won’t get the delegates he needs. Everyone is looking forward to Super Tuesday in March, and I guess Newt really wishes he had collected the requisite signatures here in Virginia NOW, because it looks to me that the 6th of March is his last chance to stop his nemesis Mitt Romney (although Rick Santorum looks like he may be able to step up).
President Obama may have to regear his strategy if the Republican nominee is NOT Mitt Romney, so far he’s been acting as if the former Massachusetts Governor WAS the presumptive Republican candidate. For example, the President recently reversed his position on SuperPACs. Now he thinks they are a good thing, and he’s gearing up his unstoppable corporate money juggernaut even now. I suppose he figures that Mitt Romney could hardly give him any grief over reversing his position on an important issue without looking like a complete hypocrite, especially in light of the antics of Mitt Romney’s own SuperPAC tearing strips of fatback off of Newt Gingrich, but can you imagine the hay bales one of the other (only rich as opposed to obscenely rich) Republicans will make of this little nugget? Maybe the President noticed that Late Night Comic Stephen Colbert collected over a Million Dollars for his own SuperPAC, which was nothing more than a cynical joke pointing out how corrupt campaign finances are in this Country and figured that a sitting President with the backing of Oprah Winfrey could do a LOT better than that (Hell, Oprah could drop a Million dollars into the President’s SuperPAC all by herself and not even notice).
Oh well, I need to get some work done so I’m gonna log off now. I’ll type at you again later.
