One of my least favorite candidates for president, Mitt Romney, all but called it quits today. That leaves the Republicans a simpler choice between moderate John McCain, whom I can actually tolerate, and conservative Mike Huckabee, whom I can’t.
Pundits figure McCain will now get the nomination, since he has more delegates now than Huckabee. McCain is also more electable than the born-again Huckabee, whose politics play well in the South and Midwest but would flop elsewhere.
Ever cagey, Romney has not completely pulled out of the race, but merely suspended his campaign, which means the 11 states and 294 delegates has so far are still technically his. He can use them in bargaining with McCain for policy concessions (or job placement in a Republican White House), so he stopped short of throwing his support behind McCain.
The GOP does not want a Democrat to win the November election, so despite all the conservatives’ misgivings about the Republican maverick McCain, it looks like they will swallow their pride and back him after all. The prickly McCain has refused to vote the party’s conservative line on many occasions, being more of a free-thinking Republican than a robotic lackey. I appreciate that trait, so I could actually accept the outcome if he wins the election (which I he doesn’t). He’d do a better job than W, that’s for sure.
Meanwhile, Huckabee is hanging on vainly to his distant third place. He hasn’t a ghost of a chance of winning the nomination, so I’m hoping that he will see the light soon and throw in the towel.
And if anyone really cares, I have not made up my mind between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. So don’t ask.
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